aappaa

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aappaa/, [aːp.pəː]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Inuit *aaɣ- (“skin a small animal or bird”). Compare aattorpaa (“skins a large animal”).

Verb

aappaa

  1. (transitive) skins it (usually of a small animal)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

aappaa

  1. (transitive) thaws

Etymology 3

From Proto-Inuit *aat- (“bring, take away”), from Proto-Eskimo *aɣu-t- (“bring, take away”).

Verb

aappaa

  1. (transitive) brings

Etymology 4

Greenlandic numbers (edit)
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: marluk
    Ordinal: aappaa

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Numeral

aappaa

  1. (ordinal number) second

Noun

aappaa

  1. the second one

Further reading

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