inerpoq

From Proto-Inuit *inǝ-(ʁ-) (“adult, mature animal, fully grown”). Compare innaq (“fully grown seal”) and inerippoq (“is ripe, mature, fully grown”).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /inirpuq/, [i.nɜp.pɔq]

inerpoq (transitive inerpaa)

1. (intransitive) have finished
2. (intransitive) have become an adult, be fully grown
3. (intransitive) have an orgasm, ejaculates
   • 1992, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit:

     Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?

     I wonder if he will be unable to stimulate himself to orgasm, and how will the semen be released?