kiappoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From kiak (“heat”), from Proto-Inuit *kiraɣ (“heat, summer, hot”), from Proto-Eskimo *kiraɣ (“hot weather, summer”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /kiappuq/, [kɪ.əp.pɔq]

Verb

kiappoq

  1. (intransitive) is hot

Derived terms
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