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Dansk
Kalaallisut
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nerloq
t.
(
kal.
)
🔊
Plural:
nerlut 🔊
Relative case:
nerlup 🔊
timmissap kaperluata uppataasalu akornat(qitip nalaa)
Related words:
Danish:
rygben
English:
backbone
Usage examples:
Danish:
rygben hos en fugl
;
kun i fl. nerdlut, rygben (hos en fugl)
English:
only in pI. nerdIut, back bone (in a bird).
References:
Erik Fleischer
,
Ordbogêraq (1951)
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