iglo.
igloo; a dome-shaped Inuit winter dwelling built from blocks of compacted snow
Meaning & usage
igloo; a dome-shaped Inuit winter dwelling built from blocks of compacted snow
De bygde en iglo av harde snøblokker.
an igloo-shaped container, especially a large container used for collecting glass or other recyclable material
Kommunen har utplassert igloer for innlevering av glass.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Greenlandic illu (“house”), formerly written igdlo (“house”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu (“house”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu (“house”). The Greenlandic source is cognate with Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, habitation”). Compare the related borrowings Norwegian Nynorsk iglo, Danish iglo, German Iglu and English igloo.
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