errorpaa

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ǝʁʁuʁ- (“wash, rinse”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝʁvǝ-ʁ- (“wash clothes, rinse”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /irrurpaa/, [ɜχ.χɔp.pəː]

Verb

errorpaa (transitive)

1. (transitive) to wash clothes
2. (transitive) to do the dishes

Usage notes

Intransitivized as errorsivoq (“wash clothes”) or erruivoq (“do dishes”).

Further reading

• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk grammatik, p. 67-68. Atuagkat 2003.
• DAKA