"kalaaleq" meaning in All languages combined

See kalaaleq on Wiktionary

Proper name [Greenlandic]

IPA: /kalaaliq/ (note: Nuuk), [kə.ləː.lɜq] (note: Nuuk) Forms: kalaallit [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing from and alteration of Old Norse skrælingi. According to Online Etymology Dictionary, Hans Egede claimed that "the Eskimos themselves told him that they got the name from the Norsemen who once lived in Greenland." Etymology templates: {{unc|kl}} Uncertain, {{bor|kl|non|skrælingi}} Old Norse skrælingi Head templates: {{head|kl|proper noun|plural|kalaallit}} kalaaleq (plural kalaallit)
  1. Greenlander Wikipedia link: Hans Egede, Online Etymology Dictionary Categories (topical): Nationalities Synonyms: Kalaleq [archaic]
    Sense id: en-kalaaleq-kl-name-m-1AbNoM Categories (other): Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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