eqalussuannguvoq

Greenlandic

FWOTD – 13 July 2021

Etymology

From eqalussuaq (“shark”) +‎ -nngu (“feels bad”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /iqalussuaŋŋuvuq/, [ɜ.qə.lʉs.sʊ.əŋ.ŋʊ.ʷɔq]

Verb

eqalussuannguvoq

1. to be ill from eating shark meat (especially of a sled dog)
   • 2015, T. J. Jørgensen, Tamanut‎^[1], page 23:

     Aalisartut eqalussuarmik taassuminnga paasiuminaatsumik eqiasuttumillu oqaatigineqartarneratut ukiunik 100-nik arlalinnik ukioqalersinnaasumik oqaluttuuppaannga. Tamatuma saniatigut eqalussuaq aalisartunut ajoqutaasorujussuusoq oqaluttuuppaannga, tassami aalisartut qassutaataat aserortertarpaat aammalu eqalussuup nerpia immikkut toqunartortaqarami qimminillu eqalussuanngutitsisarami inunnit nerineqarsinnaanngitsoq uumasunillu aamma iluamik nerineqarneq ajortoq oqaluttuarlutik.

     The fishermen told me about this mysterious dull and lazy shark, which is said to be hundreds of years old. In addition, they said that the shark was a pest for the fishermen because it destroyed their fishing nets and was inedible to humans and almost inedible for animals, because it contained a special poison that made the dogs shark-full.

References

• oqaasileriffik
• DAKA
• Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl