Where does “napparpaa” come from?

napparpaa (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Inuit *nappa-ʁ-, from Proto-Eskimo *ńapa-(ʁ-).

napparpaa (Greenlandic): stands it upright, put up, raises it on its end

Definitions

  1. stands it upright, put up, raises it on its end

Ancestry of “napparpaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuit*nappa-ʁ-—
2Proto-Eskimo*ńapa-(ʁ-)—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *ńapa-(ʁ-) →Every word from Proto-Inuit *nappa-ʁ- →
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