From Proto-Inuit *ǝqaluɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝqaɫuɣ. Cognate with Greenlandic eqaluk and Inupiaq qalukpik.
ᐃᖃᓗᒃ (Latin iqaluk, plural ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ)