aarluk

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Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *a(a)ʁlu(ɣ), from Proto-Eskimo *aʁɫuɣ. Compare Aleut aglux̂, Alutiiq aqɫuk, Inuinnaqtun aarlu, and Labrador Inuttut aalluk.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

aarluk (plural aarluit)

  1. killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Declension[edit]

Declension of aarluk
singular plural
absolutive aarluk aarluit
ergative aarluup aarluit
allative aarlummut aarlunnut
ablative aarlummit aarlunniit
prosecutive aarlukkut aarlutsigut
locative aarlummi aarlunni
instrumental aarlummik aarlunnik
equative aarluttut aarluttut

References[edit]

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