Greenlandic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Inuit *nappa-ʁ- (erect, upright, pole), from Proto-Eskimo *ńapa-(ʁ-) (stand erected, pole, mast).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

napparpaa (intransitive napparpoq)

  1. (transitive) stands it upright, put up, raises it on its end