aalisarpoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aalisarpuq/, [aː.lɪ.sɑp.pɔq]

Verb

aalisarpoq (transitive aalisarpaa)

  1. (intransitive) fishes
    • 2019, I. Krigel, Nuuk Ugeavis[1], page 14:
      Kilisaat Nuummut tulatsinnani Tunumi Kitaanilu aalisarpoq, Royal Greenlandip kilisaataatigiligaani kingulleq nutaaliaasorlu aalisarnermini qaleralinniarpoq.
      Before docking in Nuuk, the trawler had fished in both East and West Greenland, as Royal Greenland's newest and most modern vessel fished for halibut.

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