pilappoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *pilaɣ-, from Proto-Eskimo *pilaɣ- (“to slit up, to butcher”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pi.lap.pɔq/

Verb

pilappoq (transitive pilappaa)

  1. (intransitive) to flense, to strip blubber or skin from an animal

References
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