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noun
A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, geomorphology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hydrolaccolith
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Sri-Lanka, dated
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Synonyms: carrying pole, milkmaid's yoke, shoulder pole
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A measure of weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo, perhaps about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) (see the 2013 quotation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Sri-Lanka, dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: picul
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Greenlandic pingu or Inuktitut pingu (“hummock, small hill”).
Apparently from Sinhalese [Term?] (?), but the word has not yet been identified.
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
