milippaa

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *mǝl-ǝɣ- (“plug, stopper, close up, cover”), from Proto-Eskimo *mǝɫǝ- (“plug”). Compare milik (“plug”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /milippaa/, [mɪ.lyp.pəː]

Verb

milippaa (intransitive milippoq)

  1. (transitive) stops it, plugs it, closes it
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