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

• kiassuseq