tassaavoq
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Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tassaavoq
- (intransitive) be (copula)
- 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
- Siggunni seerisut tassaapput herpes taakkulu qallunaatut taaguutit nuannarineqartut "forkølelses- imlt. kyssesår" atorneqarput, kiinami tinupasunut seerisunut, pingaartumik siggunni.
- 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.
- 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit