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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *tuqqa-ʁ- (“aim at, be a good shot”). Compare toraajuvoq (“is certain of aim”).
Pronunciation
Verb
toqqarpaa
- (transitive) choose
1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.- Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean .
- (transitive) move directly towards
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