pasillerpaa
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Inuit *paci- (“blame, accuse, suspect, reason”), from Proto-Eskimo *paci- (“blame, accuse, suspect”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pasillerpaa (intransitive pasillerpoq)
- (transitive) accuses, suspects, blames
- 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 4:
- Aappariit tassaapput eqqumiitsunut paasissaalluanngitsunullu akuliunnissamut kingullerpaajullutik pasillerneqarsinnaasut. Inooriaatsip nalinginnaasup saniatigut iliuuseqarnissaq akuerisinnaanngilluinnarpaat.
- They were the last people you'd expect [could be accused of] to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.