pualavoq

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Greenlandic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Inuit *puvala- (“swollen, bulge, be fat”), from Proto-Eskimo *puvǝ- (“swell, swollen, fat”). Compare puik (“tumour”), and puerpoq (“is inflated”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pualavoq

  1. (intransitive) is fat
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