qulliq

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖁᓪᓕᖅ (qolliq).

Noun[edit]

qulliq (plural qulliqs)

  1. A kudlik, a lamp used by the Inuit, consisting of a cup of soapstone filled with oil (commonly from blubber) with cottongrass or moss used as a wick.

Translations[edit]

Inupiaq[edit]

Noun[edit]

qulliq (dual qulliik, plural qulliich)

  1. uppermost one, top one
    Qulliq makpiġaaq uvarnnun qaiḷḷauŋ.
    Please give me the top book.
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