aavaa
See also: åvå
Finnish
Adjective
aavaa
- partitive singular of aava
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *ai- (“fetch”), from Proto-Eskimo *aɣǝ- (“go for a walk”).
Pronunciation
- (Nuuk) IPA(key): [aːvaː]
Verb
aavaa
- (transitive) fetches it, goes after it
- 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 332:
- "Ajuusaarpunga, Harry," aliasulluni oqarpoq. "Snape marsileruttorlugu anillappoq aperalungalu sulerinersunga akigakkulu Flitwick utaqqillugu taanna aavaa. Allatut ajornartumik Flitwick oqaloqatigisariaqarsimavara oqaloqatigineranilu Snape qimaasimavoq. Nalulluinnarpara sumunnarnersoq!"
- "I'm sorry, Harry!" she wailed. "Snape came out and asked me what I was doing, so I said I was waiting for Flitwick, and Snape went to get him, and I've only just got away. I don't know where Snape went."
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- (transitive) downloads it
References
- aavaa in Katersat