iglu

iglu

See also: Iglu, iglù, and iglú

English

Noun

iglu (plural iglus)

1. Archaic form of igloo.

Anagrams

• ugli

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Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, habitation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡlu/, [i.ɣ̞lu]

Noun

iglu inan

1. igloo

Declension

Declension of iglu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	iglu	iglua	igluak
ergative	igluk	igluak	igluek
dative	igluri	igluari	igluei
genitive	igluren	igluaren	igluen
comitative	iglurekin	igluarekin	igluekin
causative	iglurengatik	igluarengatik	igluengatik
benefactive	iglurentzat	igluarentzat	igluentzat
instrumental	igluz	igluaz	igluez
inessive	iglutan	igluan	igluetan
locative	iglutako	igluko	igluetako
allative	iglutara	iglura	igluetara
terminative	iglutaraino	igluraino	igluetaraino
directive	iglutarantz	iglurantz	igluetarantz
destinative	iglutarako	iglurako	igluetarako
ablative	iglutatik	iglutik	igluetatik
partitive	iglurik	—	—
prolative	iglutzat	—	—

Further reading

• "iglu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

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Finnish

Etymology

From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɡlu/, [ˈiɡlu]
• Rhymes: -iɡlu
• Syllabification^(key): ig‧lu

Noun

iglu

1. igloo

Declension

Inflection of iglu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		iglu	iglut
genitive		iglun	iglujen
partitive		iglua	igluja
illative		igluun	igluihin
		singular	plural
nominative		iglu	iglut
accusative	nom.	iglu	iglut
	gen.	iglun
genitive		iglun	iglujen
partitive		iglua	igluja
inessive		iglussa	igluissa
elative		iglusta	igluista
illative		igluun	igluihin
adessive		iglulla	igluilla
ablative		iglulta	igluilta
allative		iglulle	igluille
essive		igluna	igluina
translative		igluksi	igluiksi
instructive		—	igluin
abessive		iglutta	igluitta
comitative		—	igluineen

Possessive forms of iglu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	igluni	iglumme
2nd person	iglusi	iglunne
3rd person	iglunsa

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Hungarian

Etymology

An internationalism via English igloo,[1] from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiɡlu]
• Hyphenation: ig‧lu
• Rhymes: -lu

Noun

iglu (plural igluk)

1. igloo (a dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	iglu	igluk
accusative	iglut	iglukat
dative	iglunak	igluknak
instrumental	igluval	iglukkal
causal-final	igluért	iglukért
translative	igluvá	iglukká
terminative	igluig	iglukig
essive-formal	igluként	iglukként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	igluban	iglukban
superessive	iglun	iglukon
adessive	iglunál	igluknál
illative	igluba	iglukba
sublative	iglura	iglukra
allative	igluhoz	iglukhoz
elative	igluból	iglukból
delative	igluról	iglukról
ablative	iglutól	igluktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	iglué	igluké
non-attributive possessive - plural	igluéi	iglukéi

Possessive forms of iglu
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	iglum	igluim
2nd person sing.	iglud	igluid
3rd person sing.	igluja	iglui
1st person plural	iglunk	igluink
2nd person plural	iglutok	igluitok
3rd person plural	iglujuk	igluik

References

1. iglu in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

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Inuktitut

Noun

iglu (dual igluuk, plural iglut)

1. Latin spelling of ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)

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Inupiaq

Noun

iglu (dual igluk, plural iglut)

1. house (North Slope)

   Igluga Utqiaġviŋmi ittuq.

   My house is in Utqiaġvik.

2. beaver dam (Malimiut, Seward Peninsula)

   Qiñiqtugut iglunik.

   We saw a beaver dam.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English igloo, from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɡ.lu/

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• Rhymes: -iɡlu
• Syllabification: ig‧lu

Noun

iglu n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative spelling of igloo.

Further reading

• iglu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• iglu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡlu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡlu/ [iˈɣlu]

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: i‧glu

Noun

iglu m (plural iglus)

1. igloo (Inuit snow house)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French iglou.

Noun

iglu n (plural igluuri)

1. igloo

Declension

Declension of iglu

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) iglu	iglul	(niște) igluuri	igluurile
genitive/dative	(unui) iglu	iglului	(unor) igluuri	igluurilor
vocative	iglule		igluurilor