aarluarsuk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From aarluk (“(killer) whale”) +‎ -arsuk (“small”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aarluarsuk/, [aʶːɬ.ɬʊ.əs.sʊk]

Noun

aarluarsuk (plural aarluarsuit)

  1. dolphin
  2. Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
  3. White-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)

Declension
Declension of aarluarsuk
singular plural
absolutive aarluarsuk aarluarsuit
ergative aarluarsuup aarluarsuit
allative aarluarsummut aarluarsunnut
ablative aarluarsummit aarluarsunnit
prosecutive aarluarsukkut aarluarsutsigut
locative aarluarsummi aarluarsunni
instrumental aarluarsummik aarluarsunnik
equative aarluarsuttut aarluarsuttut

References
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