uqsruq

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Inupiaq

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Etymology

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From Proto-Inuit *uqšuq, from Proto-Eskimo *uqðuʀ (fat, blubber). Cognate with Greenlandic orsoq, Inuktitut ᐅᖅᓱᖅ (oqsoq).

Noun

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uqsruq (dual uqsruk, plural uqsrut)

  1. oil
  2. seal oil

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