kukkuvoq

From Proto-Inuit *kukra- (“unsure, fail to do, frustrated”), from Proto-Eskimo *kukrV- (“unsure, clumsy”).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kukkuvuq/, [kʊk.kʊ.ʷɔq]

kukkuvoq

1. (intransitive) is wrong, is mistaken, fails
   • 2017 July 22, Sorlannguaq Petersen, “Nunanut allanut sungiusaasoq aapakaatut isigineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:

     Isumaqarunillu taama iliornikkut isikkamik arsaannermik sungiusaasuujunnaassasunga, taakku kukkorujussuarput.

     And if they think that I will stop being a football trainer because of these acts, they are severely mistaken.

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