aavarpoq
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *auva- (“hunt caribou”), from Proto-Eskimo *aru-va- (“hunt caribou, seal”). Compare aaffaq (“hunting area for reindeer”).
Pronunciation
- (Nuuk) IPA(key): [aːvɑʶp.pɔq]
Verb
aavarpoq (transitive aavarpaa)
- (intransitive) to hunt caribou
- 2015, Lyberth, A. P., AG Sermitsiaq, page 28:
- Oqaluttuarilaassavara 1981–mi nukara ikinngutigullu pingasut ila galugit Sisimiut eqqaanut aavarpugut sapaatip akunnera, arfiniliunnikkunik arfierpingasunik tuttuppugut, angerlamukaarnitsinni isumaqatigiippugut Sarfannguani unnuiniarluta, taamani aavaratta tukutuuaqqamiki aavarpugut, Sarfannguanut tikikkatta tukutuuaraq talittarfimmut pitupparput, pitoriarlugu, niiveertorusia ikinngutigigatsigu taakkununngarpugut, ataatsilluunniit ajortussamik eqqarsaateqarnata, tuutunnikuugattavi soorunami nuannaarpugut.
- I would like to tell about the time in 1981, when I went on a reindeer hunt with three of my friends and my little brother for a week in the Sisimiut area. We shot six and eight animals, and on the way home we agreed to stop in Sarfannguit, and at that time we were sailing in a motorboat. When we arrived at Sarfannguit, we moored the boat at the quay, and then we visited the trade manager, who was our friend, and we were full of joy having caught the reindeer.
-
Related terms
- aavariarpoq (“goes reindeer hunting”)
- tuttunniarpoq (“goes reindeer hunting”)
References
- aavarpoq in Katersat