tuugaalik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From tuugaaq (“tusk”) +‎ -lik (“owner of”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /tuuɡaalik/, [tʊː.ɣəː.lɪk]

Noun

tuugaalik (plural tuugaallit)

  1. narwhal
    • 2018, H. Saxgren, Suluk (Air Greenland Inflight Magazine)‎[1], page 35:
      Aaqqiuunnguup qilalugaq qernertaq 1 toningajammik oqimaassusilik qatigaatigut unaaminik kapivaa. Angutiviaq 1.5 meteri sinnerlugu takissusilimmik tuugaalik.
      Arqiunguaq harpooned a narwhal weighing almost a ton in its back. A male with a tusk over one and a half metres long.
  2. unicorn

Declension

Declension of tuugaalik
case singular plural
absolutive tuugaalik tuugaallit
ergative tuugaallup
allative tuugaalimmut tuugaalinnut
ablative tuugaalimmit tuugaalinnit
prolative tuugaalikkut tuugaalitsigut
locative tuugaalimmi tuugaalinni
instrumental tuugaalimmik tuugaalinnik
equative tuugaalittut

References

Inuktitut

Noun

tuugaalik

  1. Latin spelling of ᑑᒑᓕᒃ (toocaalik)
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