errorpaa

Greenlandic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Inuit *ǝʁʁuʁ- (“wash, rinse”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝʁvǝ-ʁ- (“wash clothes, rinse”).

Pronunciation edit

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /irrurpaa/, [ɜχ.χɔp.pəː]

Verb edit

errorpaa (transitive)

(transitive) to wash clothes
(transitive) to do the dishes

Usage notes edit

Intransitivized as errorsivoq (“wash clothes”) or erruivoq (“do dishes”).

Further reading edit

Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk grammatik, p. 67-68. Atuagkat 2003.
DAKA

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