ukioqarpoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

ukioq (“year”) +‎ -qar (“have”)

Verb

ukioqarpoq

  1. (intransitive) be a specified number of years old
    • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
      Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.
      Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.
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