nakimavoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nakima- (“vacillating, disorientated, lose memory”), from Proto-Eskimo *Nakima- (“wander around lost, be disorientated”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nakimavuq/, [nə.ky.mə.vɔq]

Verb

nakimavoq

1. (intransitive) vacillates, hesitates