kipivaa

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Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *kǝpǝ- (“cut off, sever, cut hair, saw”), from Proto-Eskimo *kǝpǝ- (“cut off, sever”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kipivaa

  1. (transitive) cut asunder, cut off
    • 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:
      Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipi'simagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.
      Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.
  2. (transitive) circumcise

Further reading[edit]

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