aarluk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *a(a)ʁlu(ɣ), from Proto-Eskimo *aʁɫuɣ. Compare Aleut aglux̂, Alutiiq arlluk, Inuinnaqtun aarlu, and Labrador Inuttut aalluk.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aarluk/, [ɑʶːɬ.ɬʊk]

Noun

aarluk (plural aarluit)

1. killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Declension

Declension of aarluk

case	singular	plural
absolutive	aarluk	aarluit
ergative	aarluup
allative	aarlummut	aarlunnut
ablative	aarlummit	aarlunniit
prolative	aarlukkut	aarlutsigut
locative	aarlummi	aarlunni
instrumental	aarlummik	aarlunnik
equative	aarluttut

References

• “aarluk“ in iserasuaat.gl
• oqaasileriffik