torluk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tuqlu(ɣ) (“windpipe, call”), from Proto-Eskimo *tuqlu(v) (“throat, windpipe, call”). Compare torlorpaa (“call to him/her”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /turluk/, [tɔɬ.ɬʊk]

Noun

torluk (plural torluit)

  1. throat
  2. trachea, windpipe

Declension
Declension of torluk
singular plural
absolutive torluk torluit
ergative torluup torluit
allative torlummut torlunnut
ablative torlummit torlunnit
prosecutive torlukkut torlutsigut
locative torlummi torlunni
instrumental torlummik torlunnik
equative torluttut torluttut

References
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