oqaluttuarpoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

oqaluppoq (“speaks”) +‎ -juar

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /uqaluttuarpuq/, [ɔ.qə.lʉt.tʊ.ʷɑp.pɔq]

Verb

oqaluttuarpoq

1. (intransitive) tells
   • 2017 August 4, “Qallunaatsiaat nunaataat ilisimaneqanngitsoq Tasermiuni nassaarineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:

     Filmiliortunut ilaallunga tamaaniippunga, Ole Guldager Sermitsiamut oqaluttuarpoq.

     I was there while accompanying a film crew, Ole Guldager told Sermitsiaq.

   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut^{[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut]} kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.

     Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean ["the Southern ice-sea"].

Further reading

• DAKA