toqqarpaa

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tuqqa-ʁ- (“aim at, be a good shot”). Compare toraajuvoq (“is certain of aim”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /tuqqarpaa/, [tɔq.qəp.pəː]

Verb

toqqarpaa

1. (transitive) choose
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut^{[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut]} kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.

     Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean ["the Southern ice-sea"].

2. (transitive) move directly towards

Further reading

• DAKA