"saaniluk" meaning in Greenlandic

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Noun

IPA: /saːni.luk/
Etymology: The stem of the word comes from the noun saaneq (“bone”). The suffix '-luk' means 'bad' or 'ill'. The direct translation of turtle is 'bad bones' or 'bad boned creature'. Etymology templates: {{m|kl|saaneq|t=bone}} saaneq (“bone”) Head templates: {{head|kl|noun|plural|saaniluit|head=}} saaniluk (plural saaniluit), {{kl-noun|saaniluit}} saaniluk (plural saaniluit) Inflection templates: {{kl-decl|saaniluk|saaniluup|saanilummut|saanilummit|saanilukkut|saanilummi|saanilummik|saaniluttut|saaniluit|saaniluit|saanilunnut|saanilunnit|saanilutsigut|saanilunni|saanilunnik|saaniluttut}} Forms: saaniluit [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], saaniluk [absolutive, singular], saaniluit [absolutive, plural], saaniluup [ergative, singular], saaniluit [ergative, plural], saanilummut [allative, singular], saanilunnut [allative, plural], saanilummit [ablative, singular], saanilunnit [ablative, plural], saanilukkut [prosecutive, singular], saanilutsigut [plural, prosecutive], saanilummi [locative, singular], saanilunni [locative, plural], saanilummik [instrumental, singular], saanilunnik [instrumental, plural], saaniluttut [equative, singular], saaniluttut [equative, plural]
  1. turtle, tortoise Categories (lifeform): Animals, Reptiles

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        "2": "saaneq",
        "t": "bone"
      },
      "expansion": "saaneq (“bone”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The stem of the word comes from the noun saaneq (“bone”). The suffix '-luk' means 'bad' or 'ill'. The direct translation of turtle is 'bad bones' or 'bad boned creature'.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saaniluit",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kl-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluup",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilummut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilunnut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilummit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilunnit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilukkut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prosecutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilutsigut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prosecutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilummi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilummik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilunnik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluttut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluttut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "head": ""
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      "expansion": "saaniluk (plural saaniluit)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saaniluit"
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      "expansion": "saaniluk (plural saaniluit)",
      "name": "kl-noun"
    }
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "saaniluit",
        "11": "saanilunnut",
        "12": "saanilunnit",
        "13": "saanilutsigut",
        "14": "saanilunni",
        "15": "saanilunnik",
        "16": "saaniluttut",
        "2": "saaniluup",
        "3": "saanilummut",
        "4": "saanilummit",
        "5": "saanilukkut",
        "6": "saanilummi",
        "7": "saanilummik",
        "8": "saaniluttut",
        "9": "saaniluit"
      },
      "name": "kl-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greenlandic",
  "lang_code": "kl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greenlandic entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "kl",
          "name": "Animals",
          "orig": "kl:Animals",
          "parents": [
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "kl",
          "name": "Reptiles",
          "orig": "kl:Reptiles",
          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It looks like a turtle with a long neck. The one that looks like a giant whale.",
          "ref": "2009, ?, Sermitsiaq AG",
          "text": "Innga allaanngilaq saaniluk takisuumik qungasilik. Anna soorlu arferujussuaq.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "But 53 million years ago, the climate was quite different. Fossils of turtles, alligators, primates and tapirs reveal that it was warm enough for these creatures to survive in this region, although still with the absence of the sun in the winter months.",
          "ref": "2016, C.S. Lorentzen, Suluk, page 14",
          "text": "Ukiulli 53 millionit matuma siornatigut allaanerulluinnarsinavoq. Ujaranngornerit saanilunnit, kuukkooriarsuarnit, aapakaanit tapirinillu pisut takutippaat, uumasut tamakkua sumiiffinni tamaani uumasinnaasimaneranut naammattumik kiassueqarsimasoq.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "turtle, tortoise"
      ],
      "id": "en-saaniluk-kl-noun-VNgQV1vo",
      "links": [
        [
          "turtle",
          "turtle"
        ],
        [
          "tortoise",
          "tortoise"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saːni.luk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saaniluk"
}
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        "2": "saaneq",
        "t": "bone"
      },
      "expansion": "saaneq (“bone”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The stem of the word comes from the noun saaneq (“bone”). The suffix '-luk' means 'bad' or 'ill'. The direct translation of turtle is 'bad bones' or 'bad boned creature'.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "saaniluit",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluup",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilummut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilunnut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilummit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilunnit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilukkut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prosecutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilutsigut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prosecutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilummi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilummik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saanilunnik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluttut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saaniluttut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "saaniluit",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "saaniluk (plural saaniluit)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saaniluit"
      },
      "expansion": "saaniluk (plural saaniluit)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saaniluk",
        "10": "saaniluit",
        "11": "saanilunnut",
        "12": "saanilunnit",
        "13": "saanilutsigut",
        "14": "saanilunni",
        "15": "saanilunnik",
        "16": "saaniluttut",
        "2": "saaniluup",
        "3": "saanilummut",
        "4": "saanilummit",
        "5": "saanilukkut",
        "6": "saanilummi",
        "7": "saanilummik",
        "8": "saaniluttut",
        "9": "saaniluit"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greenlandic",
  "lang_code": "kl",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Greenlandic entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Greenlandic lemmas",
        "Greenlandic nouns",
        "Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Greenlandic terms with quotations",
        "kl:Animals",
        "kl:Reptiles"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It looks like a turtle with a long neck. The one that looks like a giant whale.",
          "ref": "2009, ?, Sermitsiaq AG",
          "text": "Innga allaanngilaq saaniluk takisuumik qungasilik. Anna soorlu arferujussuaq.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "But 53 million years ago, the climate was quite different. Fossils of turtles, alligators, primates and tapirs reveal that it was warm enough for these creatures to survive in this region, although still with the absence of the sun in the winter months.",
          "ref": "2016, C.S. Lorentzen, Suluk, page 14",
          "text": "Ukiulli 53 millionit matuma siornatigut allaanerulluinnarsinavoq. Ujaranngornerit saanilunnit, kuukkooriarsuarnit, aapakaanit tapirinillu pisut takutippaat, uumasut tamakkua sumiiffinni tamaani uumasinnaasimaneranut naammattumik kiassueqarsimasoq.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "turtle, tortoise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turtle",
          "turtle"
        ],
        [
          "tortoise",
          "tortoise"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saːni.luk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saaniluk"
}

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