tassaavoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from tassa?”)

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /tassaavuq/, [təs.səː.vɔq]

Verb

tassaavoq

  1. (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.
      Cold sores are herpes, and the commonly used Danish terms “forkølelses- eller kyssesår” (cold sores or fever blisters) refer to the weeping sores that appear on the face, especially around the mouth.
    • 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.

Synonyms

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