Erik Aappalaartoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

Calque of Danish Erik den Røde, from Danish Erik + aappalaarpoq (“red”) +‎ -toq (“intransitive participle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /irik aappalaartuq/, [ɜ.ʁɪk aːp.pə.lɑʶːt.tɔq]

Proper noun

Erik Aappalaartoq

  1. Erik the Red
    • 2017 August 4, “Qallunaatsiaat nunaataat ilisimaneqanngitsoq Tasermiuni nassaarineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:
      Qallunaatsiaat Kalaallit Nunaanniinnerat paasineqanngitsorpassuarnik ilaqarpoq Tasermiunili nunaateqarfikuannik nassaarnikkut Erik Aappalaartup kinguaavisalu oqaluttuassartaat paasinarsikannerpoq.
      Much remains unknown about the Norse presence in Greenland, but the discovery of the Tasermiut farmstead has shed new light on the history of Erik the Red and his descendants.
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