pualavoq
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Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Inuit *puvala- (“swollen, bulge, be fat”), from Proto-Eskimo *puvǝ- (“swell, swollen, fat”). Compare puik (“tumour”), and puerpoq (“is inflated”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pualavoq
- (intransitive) is fat