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iglu

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See also: Iglu, iglù, and iglú

English

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Noun

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iglu (plural iglus or igluit)

  1. Archaic form of igloo.

Anagrams

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Basque

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, house, habitation).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iglu inan

  1. igloo

Declension

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Further reading

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  • iglu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iglu

  1. igloo

Declension

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Inflection of iglu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative iglu iglut
genitive iglun iglujen
partitive iglua igluja
illative igluun igluihin
singular plural
nominative iglu iglut
accusative nom. iglu iglut
gen. iglun
genitive iglun iglujen
partitive iglua igluja
inessive iglussa igluissa
elative iglusta igluista
illative igluun igluihin
adessive iglulla igluilla
ablative iglulta igluilta
allative iglulle igluille
essive igluna igluina
translative igluksi igluiksi
abessive iglutta igluitta
instructive igluin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of iglu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative igluni igluni
accusative nom. igluni igluni
gen. igluni
genitive igluni iglujeni
partitive igluani iglujani
inessive iglussani igluissani
elative iglustani igluistani
illative igluuni igluihini
adessive iglullani igluillani
ablative iglultani igluiltani
allative iglulleni igluilleni
essive iglunani igluinani
translative iglukseni igluikseni
abessive igluttani igluittani
instructive
comitative igluineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative iglusi iglusi
accusative nom. iglusi iglusi
gen. iglusi
genitive iglusi iglujesi
partitive igluasi iglujasi
inessive iglussasi igluissasi
elative iglustasi igluistasi
illative igluusi igluihisi
adessive iglullasi igluillasi
ablative iglultasi igluiltasi
allative iglullesi igluillesi
essive iglunasi igluinasi
translative igluksesi igluiksesi
abessive igluttasi igluittasi
instructive
comitative igluinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative iglumme iglumme
accusative nom. iglumme iglumme
gen. iglumme
genitive iglumme iglujemme
partitive igluamme iglujamme
inessive iglussamme igluissamme
elative iglustamme igluistamme
illative igluumme igluihimme
adessive iglullamme igluillamme
ablative iglultamme igluiltamme
allative iglullemme igluillemme
essive iglunamme igluinamme
translative igluksemme igluiksemme
abessive igluttamme igluittamme
instructive
comitative igluinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative iglunne iglunne
accusative nom. iglunne iglunne
gen. iglunne
genitive iglunne iglujenne
partitive igluanne iglujanne
inessive iglussanne igluissanne
elative iglustanne igluistanne
illative igluunne igluihinne
adessive iglullanne igluillanne
ablative iglultanne igluiltanne
allative iglullenne igluillenne
essive iglunanne igluinanne
translative igluksenne igluiksenne
abessive igluttanne igluittanne
instructive
comitative igluinenne

Further reading

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Hungarian

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 iglu on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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Internationalism via English igloo,[1][2] from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, house, building (of any kind)), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈiɡlu]
  • Hyphenation: ig‧lu
  • Rhymes: -lu

Noun

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iglu (plural igluk)

  1. igloo (a dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow)
    Synonym: hókunyhó

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative iglu igluk
accusative iglut iglukat
dative iglunak igluknak
instrumental igluval iglukkal
causal-final igluért iglukért
translative igluvá iglukká
terminative igluig iglukig
essive-formal igluként iglukként
essive-modal
inessive igluban iglukban
superessive iglun iglukon
adessive iglunál igluknál
illative igluba iglukba
sublative iglura iglukra
allative igluhoz iglukhoz
elative igluból iglukból
delative igluról iglukról
ablative iglutól igluktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
iglué igluké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
igluéi iglukéi
Possessive forms of iglu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. iglum igluim
2nd person sing. iglud igluid
3rd person sing. igluja iglui
1st person plural iglunk igluink
2nd person plural iglutok igluitok
3rd person plural iglujuk igluik

References

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  1. ^ iglu Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)
  2. ^ iglu in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Inuktitut

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Noun

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iglu (dual igluuk, plural iglut)

  1. Latin spelling of ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)

Inupiaq

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Noun

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iglu (dual igluk, plural iglut)

  1. house (North Slope)
    Igluga Utqiaġviŋmi ittuq.
    My house is in Utqiaġvik.
  2. beaver dam (Malimiut, Seward Peninsula)
    Qiñiqtugut iglunik.
    We saw a beaver dam.

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English igloo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈi.ɡlu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡlu
  • Syllabification: i‧glu

Noun

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iglu n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative form of igloo

Further reading

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  • iglu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • iglu in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

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Borrowed from English igloo,[1] from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, house, building (of any kind)), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: i‧glu

Noun

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iglu m (plural iglus)

  1. igloo (Inuit snow house)

References

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  1. ^ iglu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French iglou.

Noun

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iglu n (plural igluuri)

  1. igloo

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative iglu iglul igluuri igluurile
genitive-dative iglu iglului igluuri igluurilor
vocative iglule igluurilor

Serbo-Croatian

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Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

Etymology 1

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Ultimately from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

Noun

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ȉglu m (Cyrillic spelling и̏глу)

  1. igloo (snow house)

Further reading

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  • iglu”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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iglu (Cyrillic spelling иглу)

  1. accusative singular of igla