ajorpaa

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ajurpaa/, [a.jɔp.pəː]

Verb

ajorpaa (intransitive ajorpoq)

(transitive) to be unable to manage, to be unable to cope
- 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
  Angajulleq nukarlerlu takuneq ajorpakka, taamaatttummi^{[sic – meaning taamaattummi]} nuannarisarinngilluinnarakkit.
  Seeing the oldest and the youngest, I cannot manage, because I do not like them at all.

References

ajorpaa in Katersat

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