pilattuut

Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pi.lat.tuːt/

Noun

pilattuut (plural pilattuutit)

  1. saw

References
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