iluliaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

Possibly from iloq (“frost pattern, ice pattern”), from Proto-Inuit *ilu- (“rime frost, form frost”), from Proto-Eskimo *ilu- (“rime, frost”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /iluliaq/, [i.lʉ.lɪ.ɑq]

Noun

iluliaq (plural ilulissat)

1. iceberg

Declension

Declension of iluliaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	iluliaq	ilulissat
ergative	ilulissap	ilulissat
allative	ilulissamut	ilulissanut
ablative	ilulissamit	ilulissanit
prosecutive	ilulissakkut	ilulissatigut
locative	ilulissami	ilulissani
instrumental	ilulissamik	ililissanik
equative	ilulissatut	ilulissatut

Further reading

• Tersis, N. and Taverniers, P. (2010) Two Greenlandic Sea Ice Lists and Some considerations Regarding Inuit Sea Ice Terms. SIKU: Knowing Our Ice, Springer Science, pp.413-426, 2010.