iguut

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *iɣuv- (“suck, sting, bumblebee”). Compare igutsak (“bumblebee”), and iguutilik (“wasp”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /iɡuut/, [i.ɣʊːt]

Noun

iguut (plural iguutit)

  1. sting, stinger (of an insect)

Declension

Declension of iguut
case singular plural
absolutive iguut iguutit
ergative iguutip
allative iguummut iguutinut
ablative iguummit iguutinit
prolative iguutikkut iguutitigut
locative iguummi iguutini
instrumental iguummik iguutinik
equative iguutitut
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