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Greenlandic
Etymology
From aalisarpoq (“fishes”) + -gaq (“passive participle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aalisagaq (plural aalisakkat)
- fish
2012, A. Vebaek, Suluk (Air Greenland Inflight Magazine), page 76:Blobfiski inequnannginneruvoq - Aalisagaq taanna aliasuppasittutut isikkoqarpoq Australiallu eqqaanni itisoorsuarmi 1200 meteritut itigisumi uumasuugami inunnit takuneqanngisaannagajappoq. Timaa 30 cm-itut takitigisoq sarajattuuvoq nukeqanngingajattoq. Eqiasuppasittutut ingerlasarpoq aqqutiminilu naapitani nerisarisarlugit.- The blobfish is not so cute - This dreary looking fish lives in the deep waters around Australia, 1200 metres below the surface, and it is rarely seen by humans. Its 30cm long body is a gelatinous mass almost without muscles. It floats lazily through the water eating what it meets on its way.
2015, T. J. Jørgensen, Tamanut, page 14:Avannaani qalerali assiissutit amerlinerisa kingunerisaanik najukkani aalisakkat amerlanerit inissaqartilerniarlugit nunaqarfinni qerititsiviit maannakkut RG-mit allilertiterneqalerput.- The increased quotas for halibut in North Greenland mean that Royal Greenland is now upgrading frost stocks in settlements, so that there is room for more fish locally.
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