allappoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aɣla-ɣ- (“letter, decorative drawing, write”), from Proto-Eskimo *alŋa-(ʁ) (“letter, drawing, write”). Compare allak (“stripe, patter, mark”) and allakkat (“letter”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /allappuq/, [aɬ.ɬəp.pɔq]

Verb

allappoq (transitive allappaa)

1. (intransitive) writes
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.

     I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.

   • 2017 August 4, “Qallunaatsiaat nunaataat ilisimaneqanngitsoq Tasermiuni nassaarineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:

     Sermitsiaq aviisi allappoq.

     This, the newspaper Sermitsiaq writes.