kuukkooriarsuaq

Greenlandic

FWOTD – 13 February 2022

From kuukkoorpoq (“follows the river”) +‎ -riaq (“thing”) +‎ -suaq (“big, bad”).

kuukkooriarsuaq (plural kuukkooriarsuit)

crocodile
- 2000, JW.org, Angut peqqusersuitsoq unnersuussummik ilassinnittoq‎^[1]:
  "ZAMBIAMI kuukkooriarsuit qaammammut inuit 30-t nerisarpaat." Ukiualuit matuma siorna Afrikami aviisimi taama allassimasoqarpoq. Uumasunik ilisimatuup paarmortunik misissuiniarluni pisaqartarsimasup oqaasii naapertorlugit "kuukkooriarsuaq ataaseq aalajangersimaneqassappat angutit aqqaneq-marluusariaqartut". Kuukkooriarsuaq nukittoorsuarmik pamiulik angisuumillu allerulik uumasuuvoq ulorianartoq.
  "ZAMBIA Crocs Eat 30 People a Month." So reported an African newspaper some years ago. According to a zoologist who caught these reptiles for study, "it took 12 men to hold down one croc." With a powerful tail and mighty jaws, the crocodile can be a terrifying animal.
alligator
- 2016, C.S. Lorentzen, Suluk, page 14:
  Ukiulli 53 millionit matuma siornatigut allaanerulluinnarsinavoq. Ujaranngornerit saanilunnit, kuukkooriarsuarnit, aapakaanit tapirinillu pisut takutippaat, uumasut tamakkua sumiiffinni tamaani uumasinnaasimaneranut naammattumik kiassueqarsimasoq.
  But 53 million years ago, the climate was quite different. Fossils of turtles, alligators, primates and tapirs reveal that it was warm enough for these creatures to survive in this region, although still with the absence of the sun in the winter months.

Declension of kuukkooriarsuaq