ukioqarpoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

ukioq (“year”) +‎ -qar (“have”)

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ukiuqarpuq/, [u.kɪ.ɔ.qəp.pɔq]

Verb

ukioqarpoq

1. (intransitive) be a specified number of years old
   • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

     Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.

     Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.