torluk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tuqlu(ɣ) (“windpipe, call”), from Proto-Eskimo *tuqlu(v) (“throat, windpipe, call”). Compare torlorpaa (“call to him/her”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /turluk/, [tɔɬ.ɬʊk]

Noun

torluk (plural torluit)

1. throat
2. trachea, windpipe

Declension

Declension of torluk

case	singular	plural
absolutive	torluk	torluit
ergative	torluup
allative	torlummut	torlunnut
ablative	torlummit	torlunnit
prolative	torlukkut	torlutsigut
locative	torlummi	torlunni
instrumental	torlummik	torlunnik
equative	torluttut

References

• DAKA