Paleo-Eskimo
English
Alternative forms
less-common alternative forms
- Palae-Eskimo (uncommon, dated)
- Palaeeskimo (rare)
- Palæ-Eskimo, Palæeskimo (rare; archaic or used by non-native speakers)
Etymology
paleo- (“old, primeval”) + Eskimo. The scholar David J. Meltzer writes that the people are "badly named: there is nothing to indicate they are ancestral Eskimo or spoke an Eskimo language; today's Eskimo refer to them as the Tuniit".[1]
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌpeɪlioʊˈɛskɪmoʊ/
Adjective
Paleo-Eskimo (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the inhabitants and/or native cultures of the North American Arctic region before the rise of the modern Eskimo cultures in the region; of or pertaining to the Saqqaq, Independence I and II, and/or Dorset cultures and/or their peoples.
See also
- Neoeskimo
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