sigguk

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Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *ciɣjuɣ (“beak, muzzle”), from Proto-Eskimo *c(ǝ)ɣruɣ (“beak, nostrils, muzzle”). Cognate with Inuinnaqtun higguk (“beak”), Alutiiq cugg’eq (“beak, bill”), and Inupiaq sigguuk (“beak”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sigguk (plural sigguit)

  1. beak, muzzle, snout

Declension[edit]

Declension of sigguk
singular plural
absolutive sigguk sigguit
ergative sigguup sigguit
allative siggummut siggunnut
ablative siggummit siggunnit
prosecutive siggukkut siggutsigut
locative siggummi siggunni
instrumental siggummik siggunnik
equative sigguttut sigguttut

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