pasillerpaa

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Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *paci- (blame, accuse, suspect, reason), from Proto-Eskimo *paci- (blame, accuse, suspect).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /pasillirpaa/, [pə.sɪɬ.ɬɜp.pəː]

Verb[edit]

pasillerpaa (intransitive pasillerpoq)

  1. (transitive) accuses, suspects, blames
    • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 4:
      Aappariit tassaapput eqqumiitsunut paasissaalluanngitsunullu akuliunnissamut kingullerpaajullutik pasillerneqarsinnaasut. Inooriaatsip nalinginnaasup saniatigut iliuuseqarnissaq akuerisinnaanngilluinnarpaat.
      They were the last people you'd expect [could be accused of] to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.