oqarfigaa

Greenlandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is it oqarpoq + -vik + -gï? "Has as his place of speaking"? Not sure that makes sense.”)

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /uqarfiɡaa/, [ɔ.qəf.fɪ.ɣəː]

Verb

oqarfigaa

1. (transitive) tell (someone)
   • 20 November 1980, Uffe Petersen, Atuagagdliutit, 47th issue

     Oodaap tamakku takullugit tuloruseq inunnik misissuisoq Jean Malaurie oqarfigisimavaa: ...

     Oodaaq, about seeing these [things], told the French anthropologist Jean Malaurie: ...

Further reading

• DAKA