kajorpoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kajuʁ- (“red, red fox”), from Proto-Eskimo *kavir-(u-) (“red”). Compare kajoruseq (“golden plover”), kajorueq (“golden plover”), and kajoq (“brown dog, brown animal”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kajurpuq/, [kə.jɔp.pɔq]

Verb

kajorpoq

1. (intransitive) is brown