Kingurlaq • Northern Shrimp

Invertebrate - Pandalus borealis

Northern Shrimp are a medium-sized shrimp that range in about 5-10 cms on average. They are pinkish-red in colour, reach sexual maturity around 2 years of age and live to be around 6 years old, and 8 years in many northern locations.

Photo Credit: Northern Shrimp by Totti, 2021. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pandalus_borealis_Hakkeijima.jpg. Licenced with CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

English

Term Dialect
Northern Shrimp Standard English

Greenlandic

Term Dialect
Kinguppak Kalaallisut

Innu-aimun

Term Dialect
Kaiapishapetshishit Innu-aimun

Inuktut

Term Dialect
Igliraq Sallirmiutun, Uummarmiutun
Kinguk Inuinnaqtun, Kangiryuarmiutun
Kingupvak Nunatsiavummiutut
Kinguq Aivilingmiutut, Kivallirmiutut
Kingurlaq Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut

Inupiaq

Term Dialect
Naulayuuraq North Alaskan Iñupiaq

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