Inuk

See also: inuk and iñuk

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, person).

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.

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Translations

Anagrams

Greenlandic

Etymology

From inuk (human being, man).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Inuk

  1. a male given name

References

Inuktitut

Alternative forms

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

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