sigguk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ciɣjuɣ (“beak, muzzle”), from Proto-Eskimo *c(ǝ)ɣruɣ (“beak, nostrils, muzzle”). Cognate with Inuinnaqtun higguk (“beak”), Alutiiq cugg’eq (“beak, bill”), and Inupiaq sigguuk (“beak”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /siɡɡuk/, [sɪç.çʊk]

Noun

sigguk (plural sigguit)

1. beak, muzzle, snout

Declension

Declension of sigguk

case	singular	plural
absolutive	sigguk	sigguit
ergative	sigguup
allative	siggummut	siggunnut
ablative	siggummit	siggunnit
prolative	siggukkut	siggutsigut
locative	siggummi	siggunni
instrumental	siggummik	siggunnik
equative	sigguttut

References

• oqaasileriffik