paasissaalluanngilaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From paasissaavoq (“is intelligible”) +‎ -lluar (“well”) +‎ -nngit (“not”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /paasissaalluaŋŋilaq/, [pəːsɪs.səːɬ.ɬʊ.əŋ.ŋɪ.lɑq]

Verb

paasissaalluanngilaq

  1. (intransitive) is mysterious
    • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 4:
      Aappariit tassaapput eqqumiitsunut paasissaalluanngitsunullu akuliunnissamut kingullerpaajullutik pasillerneqarsinnaasut. Inooriaatsip nalinginnaasup saniatigut iliuuseqarnissaq akuerisinnaanngilluinnarpaat.
      They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.
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