aarluk

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Greenlandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Proto-Eskimo *aʁɫuɣ. Compare Aleut aglux̂, Alutiiq aqɫuk, Uummarmiutun/Siglitun/Inuinnaqtun aarlu, and Labrador Inuttut aalluk.

Noun [edit]

aarluk (plural aarluit)

  1. Orcinus orca (killer whale).