qaqugu

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qaku(-ɣu) (“when [past], when [future], how many, how”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaku (“when [past], when [future], how many”). Compare qanoq (“how”), and qanga (“when [past]”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /qaquɡu/, [qɑ.qʊ.ɣʊ]

Adverb

qaqugu

1. (interrogative) when (referring to future events)
2. at some point; some time in the future

See also

• qanga