aalaqqajuppoq
Greenlandic
editEtymology
editFrom aalavoq (“move”) + -qqajar (“almost do, about to”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editaalaqqajuppoq
- (intransitive) quivers, judders
- 2016, Styrelsen for Sundhed og Forebyggelse, Arfineq-Aappassaannik Ilinniartitsineq - Piffissaq Ataatsimoorfik Siulleq (PowerPoint Presentation)[1], page 13:
- Qarlua alleq aalaqqajuppoq, nipiliorneratigullu malunnarpoq qiaqqajaalersoq.
- Her lower lip quivered, and she began to cry.
References
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