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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *napar- (“tree, mountain ash”), from Proto-Eskimo *Napar (“tree”). Compare Inuktitut napaaqtuq (“tree”), Inupiaq napaaqtuq (“black spruce”), Inuvialuktun napaaqtuq (“tree”).
Noun
napaartoq (plural napaartut)
- mountain ash, rowan
Declension
Further reading
- Kleinschmidt, Samuel: Den Grønlandske Ordbog, 2nd ed., p. 235. 1871 Louis Kleins Bogtrykkeri.