orsoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *uqru- (“fat, blubber”). Cognates include Inupiaq uqsruq and Inuktitut ᐅᖅᓱᖅ (oqsoq).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /ursuq/, [ɔs.sɔq]

Noun

orsoq (plural orsut)

  1. blubber, fat
  2. grease, oil
  3. seal oil

Declension
Declension of orsoq
singular plural
absolutive orsoq orsut
ergative orsup orsut
allative orsumut orsunut
ablative orsumit orsunit
prosecutive orsukkut orsutigut
locative orsumi orsuni
instrumental orsumik orsunik
equative orsutut orsutut
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