tuugaalik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From tuugaaq (“tusk”) +‎ -lik (“owner of”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tuːɣaːlik/

Noun

tuugaalik (plural tuugaallit)

  1. narwhal
    • 2018, H. Saxgren, Suluk (Air Greenland Inflight Magazine)‎, 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.
  2. unicorn

Declension
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

Inuktitut

Noun

tuugaalik

  1. Latin spelling of ᑑᒑᓕᒃ (toocaalik)
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