ᐊᕐᓇᖅ

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Inuktitut[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *ạʁna- from Proto-Eskimo *aʁna-. Cognate of Greenlandic arnaq, Inupiaq aġnaq and Nunatsiavummiutut annak. Possibly attested as early as 1577 in the name Egnock or Ignorth.

Noun[edit]

ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (Latin arnaq, plural ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ or ᐊᕐᓀᑦ)

  1. woman