pingo
A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if…A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year.
Meaning
3 sensesA conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year.
Pingo
бугры пученияbugry pučenija
гідролаколі́тиhidrolakolíty
(Sri Lanka, dated)A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end.
(Sri Lanka, dated)A measure of weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo, perhaps about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) (see the 2013 quotation).
Translations
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Origin
From Greenlandic pingu or Inuktitut pingu (“hummock, small hill”). Apparently from SinhalFrom Greenlandic pingu or Inuktitut pingu (“hummock, small hill”).
Apparently from Sinhalese [Term?] (?), but the word has not yet been identified.
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