kipivaa

From Proto-Inuit *kǝpǝ- (“cut off, sever, cut hair, saw”), from Proto-Eskimo *kǝpǝ- (“cut off, sever”).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kipivaa/, [ky.pɪ.vəː]

kipivaa

1. (transitive) cut asunder, cut off
   • 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:

     Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipi'simagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.

     Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.

2. (transitive) circumcise

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