aapavoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aipa-, from Proto-Eskimo *aʁipa.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aapavuq/, [aː.pə.vɔq]

Verb

aapavoq

1. (intransitive) is raw, unboiled, not sufficiently boiled
   • 2019, M.K. Andersen, Suluk, page 16:

     Aalisakkamik siatsineq, aapavallaartinnaveersarlugu panerpallaartinnaveersaarlugulu, pikkoriffigineqartariaqarpoq.

     Cooking fish, so it is not too raw or too dry is something of an art.

2. (intransitive) is lethargic, is apathetic

References

• aapavoq in Katersat