aaffappoq
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Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Greenlandic aaveq (“walrus”) + -t (“catch”),[1] from Proto-Eskimo *ajvǝʁ. Compare Inuinnaqtun aiviqtuq ("to get a walrus").
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]aaffappoq
- to capture a walrus
- (2014), Tamanut, issue 17, Sermitsiaq
- Maannakkut aamma piniagassaqaraluarpoq. Qanittumi avannatsinnut sikup sinaanut qimussimik piniariaratta, marlunnik aaffappugut.
- A few days ago we were on a dog sledding trip out at the edge of the ice, where we caught two walruses.
- Maannakkut aamma piniagassaqaraluarpoq. Qanittumi avannatsinnut sikup sinaanut qimussimik piniariaratta, marlunnik aaffappugut.
- (2014), Tamanut, issue 17, Sermitsiaq
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- oqaasileriffik
- Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl
- DAKA
- Starostin, George (ed.) 2011-2019. The Global Lexicostatistical Database, Moscow: Higher School of Economics, & Santa Fe: Santa Fe Institute. Available online at http://starling.rinet.ru/new100/
- Nunavut Arctic College (NAC) (2010). Inuinnaqtun\English Dictionary. Kitikmeot Heritage Society.