tuugaalik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From tuugaaq (“tusk”) +‎ -lik (“owner of”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /tuuɡaalik/, [tʊː.ɣəː.lɪk]

Noun

tuugaalik (plural tuugaallit)

1. narwhal
   • 2018, H. Saxgren, Suluk (Air Greenland Inflight Magazine)‎^[1], page 35:

     Aaqqiuunnguup qilalugaq qernertaq 1 toningajammik oqimaassusilik qatigaatigut unaaminik kapivaa. Angutiviaq 1.5 meteri sinnerlugu takissusilimmik tuugaalik.

     Arqiunguaq planted his harpoon in the back of a narwhal of almost a ton. A male with a horn over one and a half meters.

2. unicorn

Declension

Declension of tuugaalik

	singular	plural
absolutive	tuugaalik	tuugaallit
ergative	tuugaallup	tuugaallit
allative	tuugaalimmut	tuugaalinnut
ablative	tuugaalimmit	tuugaalinnit
prosecutive	tuugaalikkut	tuugaalitsigut
locative	tuugaalimmi	tuugaalinni
instrumental	tuugaalimmik	tuugaalinnik
equative	tuugaalittut	tuugaalittut

References

• tuugaalik in Katersat

Inuktitut

Noun

tuugaalik

1. Latin spelling of ᑑᒑᓕᒃ (toocaalik)