"tupilak" meaning in Greenlandic

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Noun

IPA: /tupilak/ (note: Nuuk), [tʊ.pɪ.lək] (note: Nuuk)
Etymology: From Proto-Inuit *tupǝ-ɣi- (“be surprised at, demon”), from Proto-Eskimo *tupǝ-kǝ- (“be surprised, excited”). Compare tupigaa (“is surprised by him/her or it”), and tupigusuppoq (“is surprised”). Etymology templates: {{inh|kl|esx-inu-pro|*tupǝ-ɣi-|t=be surprised at, demon}} Proto-Inuit *tupǝ-ɣi- (“be surprised at, demon”), {{der|kl|esx-esk-pro|*tupǝ-kǝ-|t=be surprised, excited}} Proto-Eskimo *tupǝ-kǝ- (“be surprised, excited”) Head templates: {{head|kl|noun|plural|tupilaat|head=}} tupilak (plural tupilaat), {{kl-noun|tupilaat}} tupilak (plural tupilaat) Inflection templates: {{kl-decl|tupilak|tupilaap|tupilammut|tupilammit|tupilakkut|tupilammi|tupilammik|tupilattut|tupilaat|tupilaat|tupilannut|tupilannit|tupilatsigut|tupilanni|tupilannik|tupilattut}} Forms: tupilaat [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], tupilak [absolutive, singular], tupilaat [absolutive, plural], tupilaap [ergative, singular], tupilaat [ergative, plural], tupilammut [allative, singular], tupilannut [allative, plural], tupilammit [ablative, singular], tupilannit [ablative, plural], tupilakkut [prosecutive, singular], tupilatsigut [plural, prosecutive], tupilammi [locative, singular], tupilanni [locative, plural], tupilammik [instrumental, singular], tupilannik [instrumental, plural], tupilattut [equative, singular], tupilattut [equative, plural]
  1. tupilak (statuette)
    Sense id: en-tupilak-kl-noun-kETObTwN Categories (other): Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header: 34 66
  2. tupilak (creature)
    Sense id: en-tupilak-kl-noun-Q8a8qGoY Categories (other): Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header: 34 66
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tupilak"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: tupilak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: tupilak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tupilak"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tupilak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tupilak (possibly)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-inu-pro",
        "3": "*tupǝ-ɣi-",
        "t": "be surprised at, demon"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Inuit *tupǝ-ɣi- (“be surprised at, demon”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-esk-pro",
        "3": "*tupǝ-kǝ-",
        "t": "be surprised, excited"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eskimo *tupǝ-kǝ- (“be surprised, excited”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Inuit *tupǝ-ɣi- (“be surprised at, demon”), from Proto-Eskimo *tupǝ-kǝ- (“be surprised, excited”). Compare tupigaa (“is surprised by him/her or it”), and tupigusuppoq (“is surprised”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tupilaat",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kl-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilaat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilaap",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilaat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilammut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilannut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilammit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilannit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilakkut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prosecutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilatsigut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prosecutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilammi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilanni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilammik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilannik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilattut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilattut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "tupilaat",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tupilak (plural tupilaat)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tupilaat"
      },
      "expansion": "tupilak (plural tupilaat)",
      "name": "kl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tupilak",
        "10": "tupilaat",
        "11": "tupilannut",
        "12": "tupilannit",
        "13": "tupilatsigut",
        "14": "tupilanni",
        "15": "tupilannik",
        "16": "tupilattut",
        "2": "tupilaap",
        "3": "tupilammut",
        "4": "tupilammit",
        "5": "tupilakkut",
        "6": "tupilammi",
        "7": "tupilammik",
        "8": "tupilattut",
        "9": "tupilaat"
      },
      "name": "kl-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greenlandic",
  "lang_code": "kl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tupilak (statuette)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tupilak-kl-noun-kETObTwN"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tupilak (creature)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tupilak-kl-noun-Q8a8qGoY"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tupilak/",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʊ.pɪ.lək]",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tupilak"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Greenlandic lemmas",
    "Greenlandic nouns",
    "Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Eskimo",
    "Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Inuit",
    "Greenlandic terms inherited from Proto-Inuit",
    "Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "tupilak"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: tupilak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: tupilak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tupilak"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tupilak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tupilak (possibly)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-inu-pro",
        "3": "*tupǝ-ɣi-",
        "t": "be surprised at, demon"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Inuit *tupǝ-ɣi- (“be surprised at, demon”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-esk-pro",
        "3": "*tupǝ-kǝ-",
        "t": "be surprised, excited"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eskimo *tupǝ-kǝ- (“be surprised, excited”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Inuit *tupǝ-ɣi- (“be surprised at, demon”), from Proto-Eskimo *tupǝ-kǝ- (“be surprised, excited”). Compare tupigaa (“is surprised by him/her or it”), and tupigusuppoq (“is surprised”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tupilaat",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kl-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilaat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilaap",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilaat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilammut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilannut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilammit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilannit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilakkut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prosecutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilatsigut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prosecutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilammi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilanni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilammik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilannik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilattut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tupilattut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "tupilaat",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tupilak (plural tupilaat)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tupilaat"
      },
      "expansion": "tupilak (plural tupilaat)",
      "name": "kl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tupilak",
        "10": "tupilaat",
        "11": "tupilannut",
        "12": "tupilannit",
        "13": "tupilatsigut",
        "14": "tupilanni",
        "15": "tupilannik",
        "16": "tupilattut",
        "2": "tupilaap",
        "3": "tupilammut",
        "4": "tupilammit",
        "5": "tupilakkut",
        "6": "tupilammi",
        "7": "tupilammik",
        "8": "tupilattut",
        "9": "tupilaat"
      },
      "name": "kl-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greenlandic",
  "lang_code": "kl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tupilak (statuette)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tupilak (creature)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tupilak/",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʊ.pɪ.lək]",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tupilak"
}

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