Inuit

inuit English Alternative forms en Innuit Etymology First attested 1755–65. From en iu ᐃᓄᐃᑦ the people, singular iu ᐃᓄᒃ person, from en esx-inu-pro *inuɣ. Pronunciation en /ˈɪnjuːɪt/ /ˈɪnuːɪt/ /ˈɪnʊɪt/ /ˈɪnjuːɛt/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Inuit.wav US Noun * s<l:rare> A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland. Derived terms en Alaskan Inuit Caribou Inuit Polar Inuit Inuitian Noun en noun form en Inuk Synonyms member en Inuk proper singular form uncommon outside Canada plural en Inuits somewhat improper plural rare en Skraeling historical Hypernyms member en Eskimo potentially offensive in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, neutral elsewhere Hyponyms member en Greenlander Greenland Holonyms plural en Inupiat, en Inupiaq, en Iñupiaq, or Inupik Alaska en Inuinnaq Western Nunavut Central Arctic Canada en Nunatsiavut Nunatsiavummiut,en Nunatsiavut Labrador Inuit Nunatsiavut Labrador en w:NunatuKavut people Nunatuĸavummiut,en Nunatukavut Labrador Metis,en w:NunatuKavut people Inuit Metis Nunatuĸavut Labrador en Nunavummiut Nunavut en Nunavimmiut Nunavik Northern Quebec en Inuvialuit Northwest Territories en Kalaallit southwest Greenland Derived terms en Canadian Inuit Dog Inuit Dog Inuitness Related terms en Inukshuk Translations the people Chinese: Cantonese: yue 因紐特人 jan1 nau5 dak6 jan4 Mandarin: cmn 因紐特人 Yīnniǔtèrén Czech: cs inuita m, cs inuité m-p Danish: da inuit c Esperanto: eo inuitoj Finnish: fi inuitti French: fr Inuit Hindi: hi इनुइत m Icelandic: is Inúíti m Icelandic: is Inúíti m Inuktitut: Canadian syllabics: iu ᐃᓄᐃᑦ Latin: iu inuit Inupiaq: ik Iñuit Norwegian: Bokmål: nb inuitt m Nynorsk: nn inuitt m Polish: pl Inuita m, pl Inuitka f Portuguese: pt inuítes m-p Russian: ru инуи́т m, ru инуи́тка f Ukrainian: uk інуї́ти, uk інуї́т m, uk інуї́тка f Proper noun en Inuktitut, the Inuit language. Meronyms en Inupiatun, en Inupiak Alaska en Inuvialuktun Northwest Territories en Inuinnaqtun Western Nunavut Central Arctic Canada en Inuktitut Nunavut en Nunavimmiutitut Nunavik Northern Quebec en Nunatsiavummiutut, en Labradorimiutut, or locally Inuttut Nunatsiavut Labrador en Greenlandic, en Greenlandish, en Kalaallisut Greenland Derived terms en Inuitness Proto-Inuit Translations the language Chinese: Cantonese: yue 因紐特語 jan1 nau5 dak6 jyu5 Mandarin: cmn 因紐特語 Yīnniǔtèyǔ Czech: cs inuitština f Finnish: fi inuitti Hindi: hi इनुइत f Inuktitut: Canadian syllabics: iu ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Latin: iu Inuktitut Inupiaq: ik Iñupiatun, ik Iñupiaq Norwegian: Bokmål: nb inuittisk m Nynorsk: nn inuittisk m Polish: pl inuicki Portuguese: pt inuíte m Russian: ru инуи́тский язы́к m Ukrainian: uk інуї́тська мо́ва f, uk інуї́тська f Adjective Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture. Synonyms en Innuitian Inuitian Derived terms en Inuitize Inuitization Translations of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture Czech: cs inuitský m Danish: da inuitisk French: fr inuit Hindi: hi इनुइत Icelandic: is inúískur Norwegian: Bokmål: nb inuittisk Nynorsk: nn inuittisk Polish: pl inuicki Portuguese: pt inuíte Russian: ru инуи́тский Ukrainian: uk інуї́тський Usage notes The collective term in English for the northernmost indigenous peoples of North America used to be en Eskimo, an exonym that has since declined in usage as greater interaction between both language groups. There is a dialect continuum stretching roughly east-west, Alaska to Greenland, of Inuit language varieties, with neighbouring regions' being mutual intelligible but farther separated groups having less linguistic overlap—vocabulary for shared concepts are usually cognates. Yupik peoples of western Alaska (and small proportion in the islands and coast of Russian Far East) speak languages closely related to those of Inuit but without significant intelligibility (unless learned). Inuit and Yupik languages comprise the family referred to as either Eskimo or Inuit-Yupik. en Inuit is the usual term in Canada (often grouped into western and eastern categories); is accepted as the continental umbrella term in Greenland but not for their of languages or group; and has gained some currency in the United States. However, en Eskimo continues to be the prevalent name in Alaska for both the Inuit en Inupiat people and the non-Inuit en Yupik. Also note that the terms en Inuit and en Eskimo do not include the related en Aleut people (en Unangam, see also Eskaleut), nor the other Native (First Nations) peoples of the Arctic. Many dictionaries do not list en Inuits as a plural form. en Inuit is usually used as an ethnonym with no singular form (like en Chinese). The need to treat en Inuit as a singular has been obviated by wider recognition of its etymological singular form en Inuk in recent times. See also en Innu References Eskimo#Nomenclature Eskimo Inuktitut Inuit language en Ethnonyms Native Americans French Etymology From fr iu ᐃᓄᐃᑦ the people. Pronunciation [t:t_] [u:ou,t:t_] Noun m + en Inuit (people) Related terms fr inuit fr inuktitut References Inuit/Inuk (Recommandation linguistique du Bureau de la traduction) fr Ethnonyms Inuktitut Noun iu noun form iu Inuk Derived terms iu Inuit Nunangat Descendants en Inuit 1 fr Inuit, inuit 1