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