Inuk

See also: inuk and iñuk

English

Alternative forms

• Inuq

Etymology

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

Noun

Inuk (plural Inuit)

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

Derived terms

• Inuktitut

Related terms

• inukshuk

Translations

the people

• German: Inuk (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ukrainian: інуї́т (inujít)

Anagrams

• Kuni

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From inuk (“human being, man”)

Proper noun

Inuk

1. a male given name.

Related terms

• Inaluk
• Inunnguaq
• Inutsiaq

References

• Navnestatistik for Grønland 1998
• Oqaatsit kallallisuumiit qallunaatuumut / Grønlandsk dansk ordbog, Ilinniusiorfik 2002. →ISBN

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Inuktitut

Alternative forms

• Inuq

Etymology

From inuk

Proper noun

Inuk (plural Inuit)

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

Derived terms

• Inuktitut