kipivaa

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Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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