inerpoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *inǝ-(ʁ-) (“adult, mature animal, fully grown”). Compare innaq (“fully grown seal”) and inerippoq (“is ripe, mature, fully grown”).

Pronunciation

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /inirpuq/, [i.nɜp.pɔq]

Verb

inerpoq (transitive inerpaa)

(intransitive) have finished
(intransitive) have become an adult, be fully grown
(intransitive) have an orgasm, ejaculates
- 1992, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit:
  Nammineq tissassarluni iner sinnaa nngin nerluni anisuua lu qanoq ililluni ani sa ssava?
  I wonder if he will be unable to stimulate himself to an orgasm, and how will the semen leave?

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