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ukioqarpoq

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Greenlandic

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Etymology

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ukioq (year) +‎ -qar (have)

Pronunciation

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  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /ukiuqarpuq/, [u.kɪ.ɔ.qɑp.pɔq]

Verb

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ukioqarpoq

  1. (intransitive) be a specified number of years old
    • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
      Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.
      Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.