inuk

See also: Inuk and iñuk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *ińuɣ. Cognate of Inupiaq iñuk, Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inuk), and East Greenlandic iik.

Noun

inuk (plural inuit)

1. person
   • 1982 August 4, "Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq", Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten

     Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik^[sic] martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.

     The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on the firm ice [on the water] of the winter.

   • 1982, August 4, Roland Thomsen, Atuagagdliutit, issue 31, "Tasiilami aasaq",

     Inuit uummalersutut ilipput, pingaartumik umiarsualiviup eqqaani

Declension

Declension of inuk

	singular	plural
absolutive	inuk	inuit
ergative	inuup	inuit
allative	inummut	inunnut
ablative	inummit	inunniit
prosecutive	inukkut	inutsigut
locative	inummi	inunni
instrumental	inummik	inunnik
equative	inuttut	inuttut

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Inuktitut

Noun

inuk (dual inuuk, plural inuit)

1. Latin spelling of ᐃᓄᒃ (inuk)