illeraq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *Iɣliʁa (“krill, small shrimp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iɬ.ɬɜ.ʁɑq/

Noun

illeraq (plural illeqqat)

  1. copepods, of the genus Cyclops
  2. krill, whale food

Declension

Declension of illeraq
case singular plural
absolutive illeraq illeqqat
ergative illeqqap
allative illeqqamut illeqqanut
ablative illeqqamit illeqqanit
prolative illeqqakkut illeqqatigut
locative illeqqami illeqqani
instrumental illeqqamik illeqqanik
equative illeqqatut

References

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