pupik

See also: pupík

Greenlandic

Noun

pupik (plural pupiit)

mushroom, toadstool, fungus

Derived terms

pupillappoq (“to have a blister in the mouth”)
pupinneq (“leprosy”)
pupissoq (“leper”)
pupiutaajaat (“fungicide”)

Inuktitut

Etymology

From the root pu- for "protuberance on a surface" and the morpheme -pik for "alone by itself" [1]

Noun

pupik (^??? please provide Latin spelling!)

mushroom

References

Louis-Jacques Dorais, "The Language of the Inuit: Syntax, Semantics, and Society in the Arctic", McGill-Queen's Press (2014) →ISBN ; pp.137

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