aqagu
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Inuit *aqaɣu (“tomorrow, or in a while”). Cognate with Inuinnaqtun aqagu (“tomorrow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aqagu
- tomorrow
- 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 112:
- "Aqagu King's Crossiliartussaavunga Hogwartsimut ingerlaqqittussaagama."
Akkaa Vemon sorlummeqqippoq.
"Biiliussinnaavinga?- "Er - I need to be at King's Cross tomorrow to - to go to Hogwarts."
Uncle Vernon grunted again.
"Would it be all right if you gave me a lift?"
- "Er - I need to be at King's Cross tomorrow to - to go to Hogwarts."
Derived terms[edit]
- aqaguani (“the next day”)
- aqaguagu (“day after tomorrow”)
- aqagutaarpoq (“have a hangover”)
- aqaguttoq (“one who's birthday is the day after”)
References[edit]
- aqagu in Katersat