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Inuk
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inuk iñuk
English
Alternative forms
en Inuq
Etymology
en :bor iu:ᐃᓄᒃ<t:person> + 1
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Inuk.wav US
Noun
s Inuit
A member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule.
en 1975 The Musk-ox 15-20 37 He could be an Inuk, yes, so I could quite see there would be lots of Inuks, lots of Inuks who have no grounds for — no part of Eskimo ancestry, culture or heritage.
Derived terms
en Inuktitut
Related terms
en inukshuk
Translations
the people
German: de Inuk m
Ukrainian: uk інуї́т
Anagrams
en iknu Kuni
Greenlandic
Etymology
From kl inuk human being, man.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
kl proper noun
kl male
Related terms
Inaluk
Inunnguaq
Inutsiaq
References
Navnestatistik for Grønland 1998
Oqaatsit kallallisuumiit qallunaatuumut / Grønlandsk dansk ordbog, Ilinniusiorfik 2002. 87-7975-014-1
Inuktitut
Alternative forms
iu Inuq ᐃᓄᖅ ᐃᓄᒃ
Etymology
From iu inuk (iu ᐃᓄᒃ)
Proper noun
iu proper noun plural Inuit
a member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule.
Derived terms
iu Inuktitut