tuugaaq

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tuu- (“tusk, ivory, ice pick, chisel, poke”), from Proto-Eskimo *tuɣǝ- (“tusk, to pick with sharp instrument”). Compare tooq (“ice pick”), and toorpaa (“thrusts at”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tuugaaq (plural tuugaat)

  1. ivory tusk (of animal)
  2. ivory (material)

Declension

Declension of tuugaaq
singular plural
absolutive tuugaaq tuugaat
ergative tuugaap tuugaat
allative tuugaamut tuugaanut
ablative tuugaamit tuugaanit
prosecutive tuugaakkut tuugaatigut
locative tuugaami tuugaani
instrumental tuugaamik tuugaanik
equative tuugaatut tuugaatut

Inuktitut

Noun

tuugaaq

  1. Latin spelling of ᑑᒑᖅ (toocaaq)
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