kajortoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From kajorpoq (“is brown”), from Proto-Inuit *kajuʁ- (“red, red fox”), from Proto-Eskimo *kavir-(u-) (“red”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kajurtuq/, [kə.jɔt.tɔq]

Noun

kajortoq (plural kajortut)

1. brown

Declension

Declension of kajortoq

	singular	plural
absolutive	kajortoq	kajortut
ergative	kajortup	kajortut
allative	kajortumut	kajortunut
ablative	kajortumit	kajortunit
prosecutive	kajortukkut	kajortutigut
locative	kajortumi	kajortuni
instrumental	kajortumik	kajortunik
equative	kajortutut	kajortutut

See also

Colors in Greenlandic · qalipaatit (layout · text)

qaqortoq	qasertoq	qernertoq
aappaluttoq; aappallarissoq	sungaartoq aappaluaartoq; kajortoq	sungaartoq
	qorsuk
	tungutsorissoq	tungujortoq
	tunguusaq	aappalujattoq

References

• kajortoq in Katersat