oqaluttuaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From oqaluppoq (“speaks, tells”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /uqaluttuaq/, [ɔ.qə.lʉt.tʊ.ɑq]

Noun

oqaluttuaq (plural oqaluttuat)

1. myth, story, legend, narrative
   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 5:

     Aappariit Dursleykkut sisamanngornermi avaanngunartumi uagut oqaluttuatta aallartiffiani, itermata, silami qulisimasumiit siulittuutigineqanngilaq, nunami tamarmi eqqumeeqisunik paasissaalluanngitsunik pisoqarumaartoq.

     When Mr and Mrs Dursley woke up on the dull, grey Tuesday our story starts, there was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country.

2. folktale