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Inuk

See also: inuk and iñuk

English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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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Greenlandic

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Etymology

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From inuk (“human being, man”).

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Proper noun

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Inuk

  1. a male given name
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Inuktitut

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Etymology

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From inuk (ᐃᓄᒃ (inok))

Proper noun

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Inuk (plural Inuit)

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

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