qipoqqaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qipuqqa (“sperm whale”), from Proto-Eskimo *qipuq(r)a (“sperm whale”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /qipuqqaq/, [qy.pɔq.qɑq]

Noun

qipoqqaq (plural qipoqqat)

  1. humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
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