toqu

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tuqu- (“die, death, kill”), from Proto-Eskimo *tuqu- (“die, kill”). Compare toquvoq (“dies”), and toquppaa (“kills”).

Pronunciation

Noun

toqu (plural toqut)

  1. death

Declension

Declension of toqu
case singular plural
absolutive toqu toqut
ergative toqup
allative toqumut toqunut
ablative toqumit toqunit
prolative toqukkut toqutigut
locative toqumi toquni
instrumental toqumik toqunik
equative toqutut

Derived terms

  • toquffik (“time or place of death”)
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