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

References

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