aappalik

Greenlandic

Etymology

aappaq + -lik

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aappalik/, [aːp.pə.lɪk]

Noun

aappalik (plural aappallit)

  1. married person
    • 2015, N.O. Qvist, Nuuk Ugeavis, page 20:
      Siornatigut sukumiinerusumik misissuinermi paasineqarpoq arnat aappallit naartunaveersaatinik atuinertik eqqumaffiginngitsoortaraat.
      A qualitative study has been conducted in the past, which indicates that women in fixed relationships are not careful with the use of contraception.

Declension

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