pilappoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /pilappuq/, [pɪ.ləp.pɔq]

Verb

pilappoq (transitive pilappaa)

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

References

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