aalisarpoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aalisarpuq/, [aːlɪ.səp.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 arriving in Nuuk, the trawler had fished in both East and West Greenland, where the Royal Greenland's state-of-the-art, latest addition had fished for halibut.

Related terms

• aalisagaq

References

• DAKA
• aalisarpoq in Katersat