pupik

See also: pupík

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *pupiɣ (“sore, eruption on skin, itch”), from Proto-Eskimo *pupiɣ (“itch, sore”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /pupik/, [pʊ.pɪk]

Noun

pupik (plural pupiit)

1. mushroom, toadstool, fungus
2. (rare) leprosy

Declension

Declension of pupik

	singular	plural
absolutive	pupik	pupiit
ergative	pupiup	pupiit
allative	pupimmut	pupinnut
ablative	pupimmit	pupinnit
prosecutive	pupikkut	pupitsigut
locative	pupimmi	pupinni
instrumental	pupimmik	pupinnik
equative	pupittut	pupittut

Derived terms

Derived terms

• pupillappoq (“to have a blister in the mouth”)
• pupinneq (“leprosy”)
• pupissoq (“leper”)
• pupiutaajaat (“fungicide”)
• pupik siaangasoq (“spring cavalier”)
• pupik immulik (“Greenlandic milk-cap”), pupik sulluaralik (“Greenlandic milk-cap”)
• pupik mamartoq (“dark-stalked bolete”)
• pupik niulugissoq (“bolete”)
• pupik tassilik (“field mushroom”)

Inuktitut

Etymology

From the root pu- for "protuberance on a surface" and the morpheme -pik for "alone by itself"

Noun

pupik (^??? please provide syllabics spelling!)

1. mushroom