Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Greenlandic Other Forms FormsIvalo, Ivalorsuaq Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 4/25/2010 by anonymous Edited 12/4/2021 by Felie Meaning & History Means "sinew; tendon; thread" in Greenlandic (Thule dialect). It was used by Danish explorer and writer Peter Freuchen for the heroine of his novel 'Ivalu' (1930).