muktuk

English

Etymology

From Western Canadian Inuktitut  (maqtaq) and Inupiak maktak (“whaleskin with attached blubber”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmʌktʌk/

Noun

muktuk (uncountable)

1. The skin and blubber of a whale, used as a traditional food by the Inuit.
   • 2003, Stan Jones, White Sky, Black Ice:

     "Nathan, my baby!" Martha said. "Come get your muktuk! This my Cousin Clara, Clara Stone."

   • 2006, Nancy Gates, The Alaska Almanac: Facts about Alaska, page 130:

     The two species of whale from which muktuk is most often sliced are the bowhead and the beluga, or white whale.