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

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

Derived terms

• orpigaq
• orpikkat
• orpiliamut pinnersaatissat
• orpiliaq
• orpiliassaq
• orpimmiutaq
• orpimmiutaq qaqorneq
• orpippalik
• orpippassuit