aagiak

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ạ(r)uɣ (“blood, clotted blood”), from Proto-Eskimo *aruɣ (“blood”). Compare aak (“blood”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aaɡiak/, [aːɣɪ.ək]

Noun

aagiak (plura aagiaat, and aagissat)

  1. blood clot, thrombus

Declension

References

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