timmisartuusaarneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

timmisartoq (“airplane”) +‎ -usaar (“pretends to be, acts like”) +‎ -neq (“-ing”)

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /timmisartuusaarniq/, [t͡sym.mɪ.sət.tʉːsəʶːn.nɜq]

Noun

timmisartuusaarneq

  1. aeroplane, airplane (a type of exercise or sport in which the practitioner is held by the feet and hands, and must maintain a stretched-out body)
    • 2012 February 29, “Erneeraq qangattariaannanngorpoq”, in knr.gl:
      Immikkut pikkoriffigaa unammeriaaseq Airplane - tassa timmisartuusaarneq. Taaguutaatalu ilimanarsisereerpaa timi atorlugu timmisartuusaartoqartartoq. Talit nissullu siaarluarlugit unammeqataasut assamikkut singernermikkullu kivinneqartarput. Takinerpaamut akiartittoq ajutaasarpoq peqataasullu ataasiaannarlutik misiliisinnaatitaasarput.
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