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inuk t. (kal.) 🔊
Plural: inuit 🔊
Relative case: inuup 🔊
(:kalaaleq)
Related words: kalaaleq
Danish: grønlænder
English: Greenlander
Usage examples:
Danish: grønlænder, ordet bruges kun i sydgrønland og man har ofte antaget en sammenhæng mellem dette og nordboernes udtryk for en eskimo "skrælling"
English: Greenlander. The word is only used in South Greenland, and attempts have been made at tracing a context between this and the old Norse term for an Eskimo, viz. skræling.
References: Erik Fleischer, Ordbogêraq (1951), Oqaatsit (1990), Peqqinnissaqarfimmi taaguusersuutit / Sundhedsvæsensterminologi (2005)

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