Etymology

kudlik

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Today it means: A type of soapstone lamp used by the Inuit, a qulliq. Full definition →

Greenlandic ĸutdleĸ
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  1. Greenlandic · borrowed fromĸutdleĸ
  2. English todaykudlik

Borrowed from Greenlandic ĸutdleĸ, now spelled qulleq; cognate to Inuktitut ᖁᓪᓕᖅ (qolliq).

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