kingullerpaaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From kingulleq (“the last, hindmost”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kiŋullirpaaq/, [kɪ.ŋʊɬ.ɬɜp.pɑːq]

Noun

kingullerpaaq

1. the very last
   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 4:

     Aappariit tassaapput eqqumiitsunut paasissaalluanngitsunullu akuliunnissamut kingullerpaajullutik pasillerneqarsinnaasut. Inooriaatsip nalinginnaasup saniatigut iliuuseqarnissaq akuerisinnaanngilluinnarpaat.

     They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.