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Greenlandic
Etymology
Greenlandic aaveq (“walrus”) + -t (“catch”), from Proto-Eskimo *ajvǝʁ. Compare Inuinnaqtun aiviqtuq ("to get a walrus").
Pronunciation
Verb
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.
References
- ^ The suffix -t is assimilated before adding the C-stem verbal ending (-poq), transforming it into -ppoq.
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