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iglu

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See also: Iglu, iglù, and iglú

English

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Noun

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iglu (plural iglus or igluit)

  1. Archaic form of igloo.

Anagrams

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Basque

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, habitation”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iglu inan

  1. igloo

Declension

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Declension of iglu (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive iglu iglua igluak igluok
ergative igluk igluak igluek igluok
dative igluri igluari igluei igluoi
genitive igluren igluaren igluen igluon
comitative iglurekin igluarekin igluekin igluokin
causative iglurengatik igluarengatik igluengatik igluongatik
benefactive iglurentzat igluarentzat igluentzat igluontzat
instrumental igluz igluaz igluez igluotaz
inessive iglutan igluan igluetan igluotan
locative iglutako igluko igluetako igluotako
allative iglutara iglura igluetara igluotara
terminative iglutaraino igluraino igluetaraino igluotaraino
directive iglutarantz iglurantz igluetarantz igluotarantz
destinative iglutarako iglurako igluetarako igluotarako
ablative iglutatik iglutik igluetatik igluotatik
partitive iglurik — — —
prolative iglutzat — — —

Further reading

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  • “iglu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈiɡlu/, [ˈiɡlu]
  • Rhymes: -iɡlu
  • Syllabification(key): ig‧lu
  • Hyphenation(key): ig‧lu

Noun

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iglu

  1. igloo

Declension

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Inflection of iglu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative iglu iglut
genitive iglun iglujen
partitive iglua igluja
illative igluun igluihin
singular plural
nominative iglu iglut
accusative nom. iglu iglut
gen. iglun
genitive iglun iglujen
partitive iglua igluja
inessive iglussa igluissa
elative iglusta igluista
illative igluun igluihin
adessive iglulla igluilla
ablative iglulta igluilta
allative iglulle igluille
essive igluna igluina
translative igluksi igluiksi
abessive iglutta igluitta
instructive — igluin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of iglu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative igluni igluni
accusative nom. igluni igluni
gen. igluni
genitive igluni iglujeni
partitive igluani iglujani
inessive iglussani igluissani
elative iglustani igluistani
illative igluuni igluihini
adessive iglullani igluillani
ablative iglultani igluiltani
allative iglulleni igluilleni
essive iglunani igluinani
translative iglukseni igluikseni
abessive igluttani igluittani
instructive — —
comitative — igluineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative iglusi iglusi
accusative nom. iglusi iglusi
gen. iglusi
genitive iglusi iglujesi
partitive igluasi iglujasi
inessive iglussasi igluissasi
elative iglustasi igluistasi
illative igluusi igluihisi
adessive iglullasi igluillasi
ablative iglultasi igluiltasi
allative iglullesi igluillesi
essive iglunasi igluinasi
translative igluksesi igluiksesi
abessive igluttasi igluittasi
instructive — —
comitative — igluinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative iglumme iglumme
accusative nom. iglumme iglumme
gen. iglumme
genitive iglumme iglujemme
partitive igluamme iglujamme
inessive iglussamme igluissamme
elative iglustamme igluistamme
illative igluumme igluihimme
adessive iglullamme igluillamme
ablative iglultamme igluiltamme
allative iglullemme igluillemme
essive iglunamme igluinamme
translative igluksemme igluiksemme
abessive igluttamme igluittamme
instructive — —
comitative — igluinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative iglunne iglunne
accusative nom. iglunne iglunne
gen. iglunne
genitive iglunne iglujenne
partitive igluanne iglujanne
inessive iglussanne igluissanne
elative iglustanne igluistanne
illative igluunne igluihinne
adessive iglullanne igluillanne
ablative iglultanne igluiltanne
allative iglullenne igluillenne
essive iglunanne igluinanne
translative igluksenne igluiksenne
abessive igluttanne igluittanne
instructive — —
comitative — igluinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative iglunsa iglunsa
accusative nom. iglunsa iglunsa
gen. iglunsa
genitive iglunsa iglujensa
partitive igluaan
igluansa 		iglujaan
iglujansa
inessive iglussaan
iglussansa 		igluissaan
igluissansa
elative iglustaan
iglustansa 		igluistaan
igluistansa
illative igluunsa igluihinsa
adessive iglullaan
iglullansa 		igluillaan
igluillansa
ablative iglultaan
iglultansa 		igluiltaan
igluiltansa
allative iglulleen
iglullensa 		igluilleen
igluillensa
essive iglunaan
iglunansa 		igluinaan
igluinansa
translative iglukseen
igluksensa 		igluikseen
igluiksensa
abessive igluttaan
igluttansa 		igluittaan
igluittansa
instructive — —
comitative — igluineen
igluinensa

Further reading

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Hungarian

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 iglu on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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Internationalism via English igloo,[1][2] from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈiɡlu]
  • Hyphenation: ig‧lu
  • Rhymes: -lu

Noun

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iglu (plural igluk)

  1. igloo (a dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow)
    Synonym: hókunyhó

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative iglu igluk
accusative iglut iglukat
dative iglunak igluknak
instrumental igluval iglukkal
causal-final igluért iglukért
translative igluvá iglukká
terminative igluig iglukig
essive-formal igluként iglukként
essive-modal — —
inessive igluban iglukban
superessive iglun iglukon
adessive iglunál igluknál
illative igluba iglukba
sublative iglura iglukra
allative igluhoz iglukhoz
elative igluból iglukból
delative igluról iglukról
ablative iglutól igluktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		iglué igluké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		igluéi iglukéi
Possessive forms of iglu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. iglum igluim
2nd person sing. iglud igluid
3rd person sing. igluja iglui
1st person plural iglunk igluink
2nd person plural iglutok igluitok
3rd person plural iglujuk igluik

References

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  1. ^ iglu and (with subscription) iglu  in Ferenc Pusztai, editor, Magyar értelmező kéziszótár [A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÉKsz.2), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003 (online searchable version under development).
  2. ^ iglu in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Inuktitut

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Noun

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iglu (dual igluuk, plural iglut)

  1. Latin spelling of ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)

Inupiaq

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Noun

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iglu (dual igluk, plural iglut)

  1. house (North Slope)
    Igluga Utqiaġviŋmi ittuq.
    My house is in Utqiaġvik.
  2. beaver dam (Malimiut, Seward Peninsula)
    Qiñiqtugut iglunik.
    We saw a beaver dam.

Polish

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu
Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu
Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)bor.
English igloobor.
Polish iglu

    Borrowed from English igloo.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈi.ɡlu/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -iɡlu
    • Syllabification: i‧glu

    Noun

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    iglu n (indeclinable)

    1. alternative form of igloo

    Further reading

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    • “iglu”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)
    • iglu in PWN's encyclopedia

    Portuguese

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu
    Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu
    Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)bor.
    English igloobor.
    Portuguese iglu

      Borrowed from English igloo,[1] from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu. Compare Greenlandic illu.

      Pronunciation

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      • Rhymes: -u
      • Hyphenation: i‧glu

      Noun

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      iglu m (plural iglus)

      1. igloo (Inuit snow house)

      References

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      1. ^ “iglu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

      Further reading

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      Romanian

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from French iglou.

        Noun

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        iglu n (plural igluuri)

        1. igloo

        Declension

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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative iglu iglul igluuri igluurile
        genitive-dative iglu iglului igluuri igluurilor
        vocative iglule igluurilor

        Serbo-Croatian

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        Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
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        Etymology 1

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        Ultimately from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

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        ȉglu m inan (Cyrillic spelling и̏глу)

        1. igloo (snow house)

        Further reading

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        • “iglu”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

        Etymology 2

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Noun

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        iglu (Cyrillic spelling иглу)

        1. accusative singular of igla
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