eqalussuannguvoq
Greenlandic
FWOTD – 13 July 2021
Etymology
From eqalussuaq (“shark”) + -nngu (“feels bad”).
Pronunciation
- (Nuuk) IPA(key): [ɜ.qa.lʉs.su.aŋ.ŋu.ʷɔq]
Verb
eqalussuannguvoq
- to be ill from eating shark meat (especially of a sled dog)
- 2015, Jørgensen, T. J., Tamanut, page 23:
- Aalisartut eqalussuarmik taassuminnga paasiuminaatsumik eqiasuttumillu oqaatigineqartarneratut ukiunik 100-nik arlalinnik ukioqalersinnaasumik oqaluttuuppaannga. Tamatuma saniatigut eqalussuaq aalisartunut ajoqutaasorujussuusoq oqaluttuuppaannga, tassami aalisartut qassutaataat aserortertarpaat aammalu eqalussuup nerpia immikkut toqunartortaqarami qimminillu eqalussuanngutitsisarami inunnit nerineqarsinnaanngitsoq uumasunillu aamma iluamik nerineqarneq ajortoq oqaluttuarlutik.
- The fishermen told me about this mysterious dull and lazy shark, which is said to be hundreds of years old. In addition, they said that the shark was a pest for the fishermen because it destroyed their fishing nets and was inedible to humans and almost inedible for animals, because it contained a special poison that made the dogs shark-full.
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References
- oqaasileriffik
- DAKA
- Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl