The UQAILAUT Project

Inuktitut Root Definition

nirpik ᓂᕐᐱᒃ

Type: nominal root

Meaning: fleshy section of waist just below ribs and just above hip-bones

Semantic category: body part

Source(s)

Spalding, Alex, "Inuktitut - A Multi-Dialectal Outline Dictionary". Nunavut Arctic College, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, 1998.

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