naqippaa
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Inuit *naqǝt- (“press, squeeze, feel”), from Proto-Eskimo *ńaq-rǝ- (“tighten, squeeze, press”). Compare naqinneq (“letter, seal”), and naqiterivoq (“press, print”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
naqippaa (intransitive naqitsivoq)
- (transitive) presses it, squeezes it, stamps it