kipivaa
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *kǝpǝ- (“cut off, sever, cut hair, saw”), from Proto-Eskimo *kǝpǝ- (“cut off, sever”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kipivaa
- (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.
- (transitive) circumcise