iigarpoq
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Inuit *iiɣa-ʁ- (“lean against, slanting, sloping”), from Proto-Eskimo *ijɣǝ- (“lurch, lean against”). Compare iigaq (“wall”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
iigarpoq
- (intransitive) leans, inclines
- (intransitive) calves, breaks off (of an iceberg, ice sheet etc.)