Inuk

See also: inuk and iñuk

English

Alternative forms

• Inuq

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Inuk (plural Inuks or Inuit)

1. A member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule.
   • 1975, The Musk-ox, numbers 15-20, page 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

• Inuktitut

Related terms

• inukshuk

Translations

the people

German: Inuk (de) m Ukrainian: інуї́т (inujít)

Anagrams

• Kuni

Greenlandic

Etymology

From inuk (“human being, man”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /inuk/, [i.nʊk]

Proper noun

Inuk

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Inaluk
• Inunnguaq
• Inutsiaq

References

• Navnestatistik for Grønland 1998
• Oqaatsit kallallisuumiit qallunaatuumut / Grønlandsk dansk ordbog, Ilinniusiorfik 2002. →ISBN

Inuktitut

Alternative forms

• Inuq, ᐃᓄᖅ (inoq), ᐃᓄᒃ (inok)

Etymology

From inuk (ᐃᓄᒃ (inok))

Proper noun

Inuk (plural Inuit)

1. a member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule.

Derived terms

• Inuktitut