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Greenlandic
Etymology
From tuugaaq (“tusk”) + -lik (“owner of”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tuugaalik (plural tuugaallit)
- narwhal
2018, H. Saxgren, Suluk (Air Greenland Inflight Magazine), page 35:Aaqqiuunnguup qilalugaq qernertaq 1 toningajammik oqimaassusilik qatigaatigut unaaminik kapivaa. Angutiviaq 1.5 meteri sinnerlugu takissusilimmik tuugaalik.- Arqiunguaq planted his harpoon in the back of a narwhal of almost a ton. A male with a horn over one and a half meters.
- unicorn
Declension
References
Inuktitut
Noun
tuugaalik
- Latin spelling of ᑑᒑᓕᒃ (toocaalik)