eqalussuannguvoq

Greenlandic

FWOTD – 13 July 2021

Etymology

From eqalussuaq (“shark”) +‎ -nngu (“feels bad”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /iqalussuaŋŋuvuq/, [ɜ.qə.lʉs.sʊ.ʷəŋ.ŋʊ.ʷɔq]

Verb

eqalussuannguvoq

  1. to be ill from eating shark meat (especially of a sled dog)
    • 2015, T. J. Jørgensen, Tamanut‎[1], page 23:
      Aalisartut eqalussuarmik taassuminnga paasiuminaatsumik eqiasuttumillu oqaatigineqartarneratut ukiunik 100-nik arlalinnik ukioqalersinnaasumik oqaluttuuppaannga. Tamatuma saniatigut eqalussuaq aalisartunut ajoqutaasorujussuusoq oqaluttuuppaannga, tassami aalisartut qassutaataat aserortertarpaat aammalu eqalussuup nerpia immikkut toqunartortaqarami qimminillu eqalussuanngutitsisarami inunnit nerineqarsinnaanngitsoq uumasunillu aamma iluamik nerineqarneq ajortoq oqaluttuarlutik.
      The fishermen told me about this mysterious, sluggish shark that is said to live for several hundred years. They also told me that the shark was a major nuisance for fishermen because it destroyed their nets, and its meat was inedible for humans and barely edible for animals due to containing a special toxin that made dogs sick from overeating shark meat.

References

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