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Greenlandic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Inuit *alɣi, from Proto-Eskimo *alɣǝ. Compare Inupiaq aahaaliq.
Noun
alleq (plural allerit or alliit)
- long-tailed duck, oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis)
Declension
Etymology 2
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Noun
alleq (plural allerit or alliit)
- the lower, the lowest part
- the lower lamp of an Eskimo house, made of fat
Declension
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