pupik

See also: pupík and פּופּיק

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *pupiɣ (“sore, eruption on skin, itch”), from Proto-Eskimo *pupiɣ (“itch, sore”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /pupik/, [pʊ.pɪk]

Noun

pupik (plural pupiit)

  1. mushroom, toadstool, fungus
  2. (rare) leprosy

Declension

Declension of pupik
case singular plural
absolutive pupik pupiit
ergative pupiup
allative pupimmut pupinnut
ablative pupimmit pupinnit
prolative pupikkut pupitsigut
locative pupimmi pupinni
instrumental pupimmik pupinnik
equative pupittut

Derived terms

  • pupik immulik (“Greenlandic milk-cap”), pupik sulluaralik (“Greenlandic milk-cap”)
  • pupik mamartoq (“dark-stalked bolete”)
  • pupik niulugissoq (“bolete”)
  • pupik siaangasoq (“spring cavalier”)
  • pupik tassilik (“field mushroom”)
  • pupillappoq (“to have a blister in the mouth”)
  • pupinneq (“leprosy”)
  • pupissoq (“leper”)
  • pupiutaajaat (“fungicide”)

Inuktitut

Noun

pupik

  1. Latin spelling of ᐳᐱᒃ (popik)
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