orpik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *uqviɣ (“willow, shrub, tree”). Cognate with Inupiaq urgiiḷiq (“birch tree”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /urpik/, [ɔp.pɪk]

Noun

orpik (plural orpiit)

  1. tree
  2. birch

Declension

Declension of orpik
case singular plural
absolutive orpik orpiit
ergative orpiup
allative orpimmut orpinnut
ablative orpimmit orpinnit
prolative orpikkut orpitigut
locative orpimmi orpinni
instrumental orpimmik orpinnik
equative orpittut

Derived terms

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