aarluarsuk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From aarluk (“(killer) whale”) +‎ -arsuk (“small”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aarluarsuk/, [aʶːɬ.ɬʊ.əs.sʊk]

Noun

aarluarsuk (plural aarluarsuit)

1. dolphin
2. Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
3. White-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)

Declension

Declension of aarluarsuk

	singular	plural
absolutive	aarluarsuk	aarluarsuit
ergative	aarluarsuup	aarluarsuit
allative	aarluarsummut	aarluarsunnut
ablative	aarluarsummit	aarluarsunnit
prosecutive	aarluarsukkut	aarluarsutsigut
locative	aarluarsummi	aarluarsunni
instrumental	aarluarsummik	aarluarsunnik
equative	aarluarsuttut	aarluarsuttut

References

• DAKA
• oqaasileriffik