tuugaalik
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tuugaaq (“tusk”) + -lik (“owner of”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuugaalik (plural tuugaallit)
- narwhal
- 2018, H. Saxgren, Suluk (Air Greenland Inflight Magazine)[1], page 35:
- Aaqqiuunnguup qilalugaq qernertaq 1 toningajammik oqimaassusilik qatigaatigut unaaminik kapivaa. Angutiviaq 1.5 meteri sinnerlugu takissusilimmik tuugaalik.
- Arqiunguaq planted his harpoon in the back of a narwhal of almost a ton. A male with a horn over one and a half meters.
- unicorn
Declension[edit]
Declension of tuugaalik
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
absolutive | tuugaalik | tuugaallit |
ergative | tuugaallup | tuugaallit |
allative | tuugaalimmut | tuugaalinnut |
ablative | tuugaalimmit | tuugaalinnit |
prosecutive | tuugaalikkut | tuugaalitsigut |
locative | tuugaalimmi | tuugaalinni |
instrumental | tuugaalimmik | tuugaalinnik |
equative | tuugaalittut | tuugaalittut |
References[edit]
- tuugaalik in Katersat
Inuktitut[edit]
Noun[edit]
tuugaalik
- Latin spelling of ᑑᒑᓕᒃ (toocaalik)