iguut

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *iɣuv- (“suck, sting, bumblebee”). Compare igutsak (“bumblebee”), and iguutilik (“wasp”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /iɡuut/, [i.ɣʊːt]

Noun

iguut (plural iguutit)

  1. sting, stinger (of an insect)

Declension
Declension of iguut
singular plural
absolutive iguut iguutit
ergative iguutip iguutit
allative iguummut iguutinut
ablative iguummit iguutinit
prosecutive iguutikkut iguutitigut
locative iguummi iguutini
instrumental iguummik iguutinik
equative iguutitut iguutitut
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