iglu

See also: Iglu, iglù, and iglú

English

Noun

iglu (plural iglus)

  1. Archaic form of igloo.

Anagrams

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

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

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

Inuktitut

Noun

iglu (dual igluuk, plural iglut)

  1. Latin spelling of ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)

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.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiɡ.lu/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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

Portuguese

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

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: i‧glu

Noun

iglu m (plural iglus)

  1. igloo (Inuit snow house)

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
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