tattak

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tapta- (“fish scale”), from Proto-Eskimo *tavǝta- (“clam, cartilage, scale”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tat.tak/

Noun

tattak (plural tattaat)

  1. scale, particularly of a fish

References
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