kajortoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From kajorpoq (“is brown”), from Proto-Inuit *kajuʁ- (“red, red fox”), from Proto-Eskimo *kavir-(u-) (“red”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /kajurtuq/, [kə.jɔt.tɔq]

Noun

kajortoq (plural kajortut)

  1. brown

Declension

Declension of kajortoq
case singular plural
absolutive kajortoq kajortut
ergative kajortup
allative kajortumut kajortunut
ablative kajortumit kajortunit
prolative kajortukkut kajortutigut
locative kajortumi kajortuni
instrumental kajortumik kajortunik
equative kajortutut

See also

Colors in Greenlandic · qalipaatit (layout · text)
     qaqortoq      qasertoq      qernertoq
             aappaluttoq; aappallarissoq              sungaartoq aappaluaartoq; kajortoq              sungaartoq
                          qorsuk             
                          tungutsorissoq              tungujortoq
                          tunguusaq              aappalujattoq

References

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