iigarpoq
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Inuit *iiɣa-ʁ- (“lean against, slanting, sloping”), from Proto-Eskimo *ijɣǝ- (“lurch, lean against”). Compare iigaq (“wall”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]iigarpoq
- (intransitive) leans, inclines
- (intransitive) calves, breaks off (of an iceberg, ice sheet etc.)