ᐅᖅᓱᖅ

Inuktitut

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *uqru- (“fat, blubber”). Cognates include Inupiaq uqsruq and Greenlandic orsoq.

Noun

ᐅᖅᓱᖅ (oqsoq) (plural ᐅᖅᓱᐃᑦ, Latin uqsuq)

1. oil, blubber