"kukkuvoq" meaning in Greenlandic

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Verb

IPA: /kukkuvuq/ (note: Nuuk), [kʊk.kʊ.ʷɔq] (note: Nuuk)
Etymology: From Proto-Inuit *kukra- (“unsure, fail to do, frustrated”), from Proto-Eskimo *kukrV- (“unsure, clumsy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|kl|esx-inu-pro|*kukra-|t=unsure, fail to do, frustrated}} Proto-Inuit *kukra- (“unsure, fail to do, frustrated”), {{der|kl|esx-esk-pro|*kukrV-|t=unsure, clumsy}} Proto-Eskimo *kukrV- (“unsure, clumsy”) Head templates: {{head|kl|verb}} kukkuvoq
  1. (intransitive) is wrong, is mistaken, fails Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-kukkuvoq-kl-verb-1aQzeSmY Categories (other): Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-inu-pro",
        "3": "*kukra-",
        "t": "unsure, fail to do, frustrated"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Inuit *kukra- (“unsure, fail to do, frustrated”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-esk-pro",
        "3": "*kukrV-",
        "t": "unsure, clumsy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eskimo *kukrV- (“unsure, clumsy”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Inuit *kukra- (“unsure, fail to do, frustrated”), from Proto-Eskimo *kukrV- (“unsure, clumsy”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kukkuvoq",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greenlandic",
  "lang_code": "kl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And if they think that I will stop being a football trainer because of these acts, they are severely mistaken.",
          "ref": "2017 July 22, Sorlannguaq Petersen, “Nunanut allanut sungiusaasoq aapakaatut isigineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:",
          "text": "Isumaqarunillu taama iliornikkut isikkamik arsaannermik sungiusaasuujunnaassasunga, taakku kukkorujussuarput.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "is wrong, is mistaken, fails"
      ],
      "id": "en-kukkuvoq-kl-verb-1aQzeSmY",
      "links": [
        [
          "wrong",
          "wrong"
        ],
        [
          "mistaken",
          "mistaken"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) is wrong, is mistaken, fails"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kukkuvuq/",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊk.kʊ.ʷɔq]",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kukkuvoq"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-inu-pro",
        "3": "*kukra-",
        "t": "unsure, fail to do, frustrated"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Inuit *kukra- (“unsure, fail to do, frustrated”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-esk-pro",
        "3": "*kukrV-",
        "t": "unsure, clumsy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eskimo *kukrV- (“unsure, clumsy”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Inuit *kukra- (“unsure, fail to do, frustrated”), from Proto-Eskimo *kukrV- (“unsure, clumsy”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kukkuvoq",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greenlandic",
  "lang_code": "kl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Greenlandic intransitive verbs",
        "Greenlandic lemmas",
        "Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Eskimo",
        "Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Inuit",
        "Greenlandic terms inherited from Proto-Inuit",
        "Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Greenlandic terms with quotations",
        "Greenlandic verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And if they think that I will stop being a football trainer because of these acts, they are severely mistaken.",
          "ref": "2017 July 22, Sorlannguaq Petersen, “Nunanut allanut sungiusaasoq aapakaatut isigineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:",
          "text": "Isumaqarunillu taama iliornikkut isikkamik arsaannermik sungiusaasuujunnaassasunga, taakku kukkorujussuarput.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "is wrong, is mistaken, fails"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wrong",
          "wrong"
        ],
        [
          "mistaken",
          "mistaken"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) is wrong, is mistaken, fails"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kukkuvuq/",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊk.kʊ.ʷɔq]",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kukkuvoq"
}

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