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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *aɣi-aʁ- (“file, grindstone”), from Proto-Eskimo *aɣi- (“file, sharpen”). Compare agiarpoq (“files, rubs”).
Pronunciation
Noun
agiaq (plural agissat)
- violin
2012, H. Broberg, Sermitsiaq AG:Kikkut tamarmik nalunngilaat agiaq qanoq nipeqassanngitsoq, hiistit pamiuinnit agiaq tagiarneqartillugu.- Everyone knows how it should not sound when the horsehair of a violin bow is incorrectly pulled on a violin.
- (obsolete) old shamanic term meaning rubbing stone
- basalt.
- Synonyms: agiamineq, basalti
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