toqu

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tuqu- (“die, death, kill”), from Proto-Eskimo *tuqu- (“die, kill”). Compare toquvoq (“dies”), and toquppaa (“kills”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /tuqu/, [tɔ.qʊ]

Noun

toqu (plural toqut)

1. death

Declension

Declension of toqu

	singular	plural
absolutive	toqu	toqut
ergative	toqup	toqut
allative	toqumut	toqunut
ablative	toqumit	toqunit
prosecutive	toqukkut	toqutigut
locative	toqumi	toquni
instrumental	toqumik	toqunik
equative	toqutut	toqutut

Derived terms

• toquffik (“time or place of death”)