pualavoq
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Inuit *puvala- (“swollen, bulge, be fat”), from Proto-Eskimo *puvǝ- (“swell, swollen, fat”). Compare puik (“tumour”), and puerpoq (“is inflated”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pualavoq
- (intransitive) is fat