User:-sche/German terms of Eskimo-Aleut origin
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This list includes common nouns which originated from Eskimo or Aleut languages, it does not include the names of tribes or places. If a common noun is also the name of a tribe or place (e.g. "Mohawk"), this is noted, however.
from Aleut languages
[edit]- der/die Parka — "long jacket with a hood, which protects the wearer against rain and wind" — from English, from Template:ale, from па́рка (párka)
from Eskimo languages
[edit]from Inuit languages
[edit]specific language unclear
[edit]- der Kabloona / Kabluna (rare) — "(in Canada or Greenland) non-Inuit person (especially if European)" — via English from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut qallunaaq (“foreigner”) or Template:kl kablunâk (an older spelling of kallunaaq) or a combination of both
- der/die/das Muktuk (rare) — "whale skin and blubber (as used as a food by the Inuit)" — (probably via English) from Western Canadian Inuktitut [script needed] (maqtaq) or Inupiaq maktak (“whaleskin with attached blubber”)
- der Pingo — "hydrolaccolith, mound of earth-covered ice" — from Template:kl or Inuktitut (deprecated template usage) pingu
- der Tupilak (uncommon) — "monster (either invisible or having a physical form constructed from animal bones, sinew, etc) created in secret by a shaman and sent into the sea to seek and kill a specific enemy", "(small) representation of such a monster, often carved from whale bone" — from Template:kl or Inuktitut (cognates exist in both languages) (deprecated template usage) ᑐᐱᓚᒃ (tupilaq)
- below this line = not done
Greenlandic
[edit]- angakok (also: angekok, angekkok, angekut) — "Inuit shaman" — Template:kl angakok (“shaman”) (synonymous with and cognate to "angatkuq", "angakkuq")
- anorak — "heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood" (in the UK also: "nerd") — Template:kl annoraaq
- nunatak — "mountain (or mountain-top or ridge) surrounded by but not covered by ice: peak protruding from the surface of an ice sheet" — Template:kl nunataq
Inuktitut
[edit]- chimo — "hello, goodbye" (a salutation, now generally used ironically) — Inuktitut ᓴᐃᒧ (saimo, “goodbye; peace be with you”)
- igloo — "durable dome-shaped shelter constructed of blocks cut from hard snow" — Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo) (contrast "quinzhee")
- inuksuk (also: inukshuk) — "structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure" — Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ (inoksok, “in the likeness of a human”)
- kamik — "mukluk, soft knee-high boot" — Inuktitut ᑲᒥᒃ (kamik, “boot, shoe, footwear”)
- ookpik — "handicraft toy stuffed owl, often made from wolf fur, sealskin or similar materials" — Inuktitut ᐅᒃᐱᒃ (okpik, “snowy owl”)
- Tiktaalik (sometimes: tiktaalik) — "taxonomic genus within the subclass Tetrapodomorpha", "member of this genus: an extinct fish which evolved to walk on land" — Inuktitut tiktaalik (“shallow-water fish”)
- Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
- angakkuq — "Inuit shaman" (male or female intellectual and spiritual mediator) — Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ (angatkoq, “shaman”) (synonymous with and cognate to "angatkuq", "angakok")
- komatik (also: qamutiq) — "rawhide-lashed sled/sleigh with wooden crossbars and runners" — Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᒧᑎᒃ (qamotik)
- qiviut (also: qiviuq) — "underwool of the Arctic musk ox, used as fibre" — Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ (qifioq, “underwool”)
- qulliq (also: kudlik) — "particular soapstone lamp (produced and used by the Inuit)" — Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖁᓪᓕᖅ (qolliq)
- Western Canadian Inuktitut
- angatkuq — "Inuit shaman" — Western Canadian Inuktitut angatkuq (synonymous with and cognate to "angakkuq", "angakok")
- der/das Kajak — "small boat powered by the occupant(s) using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position" — Western Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat; kayak; canoe”)
- umiak — "large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame, propelled by paddles" — Western Canadian Inuktitut ᐅᒥᐊᖅ (omiaq, “women's boat; sealskin boat; boat”)
Inupiak
[edit]- malamute — "particular breed of husky dog" — so called after the people who bred them, known in Inupiaq as malimiut
- masu — "Hedysarum alpinum, which has an edible root" — Inupiaq ᒪᓱ (masu, “edible root”)
- tupik — "tent-like type of Native American dwelling made from animal skins, used by the Inuit in the summer" — Inupiaq ᑐᐱᒃ (tupik)
- qargi — "traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted, kashim" — Inupiaq qargi (synonymous with "qasgiq")
from Yupik languages
[edit]specific language unclear
[edit]- kuspuk — "lightweight dress-like parka worn by (Eskimo) women", "overshirt worn by (Eskimo) men and women" — from a Yupik language term (deprecated template usage) qaspeq
- qasgiq — "traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted, kashim" — from a Yupik language term (deprecated template usage) qasgiq (synonymous with "qargi")