qaqugu

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qaku(-ɣu) (“when [past], when [future], how many, how”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaku (“when [past], when [future], how many”). Compare qanoq (“how”), and qanga (“when [past]”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /qaquɡu/, [qɑ.qʊ.ɣʊ]

Adverb

qaqugu

  1. (interrogative) when (referring to future events)
  2. at some point; some time in the future

See also
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