"Inuk" meaning in All languages combined

See Inuk on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Inuk.wav Forms: Inuks [plural], Inuit [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|iu|ᐃᓄᒃ||person}} Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Inuit}} Inuk (plural Inuks or Inuit)
  1. A member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule. Synonyms: Inuq Derived forms: Inuktitut Related terms: inukshuk Translations (the people): Inuk [masculine] (German), інуї́т (inujít) (Ukrainian)

Proper name [Greenlandic]

IPA: /inuk/ (note: Nuuk), [i.nʊk] (note: Nuuk)
Etymology: From inuk (“human being, man”). Head templates: {{head|kl|proper noun}} Inuk
  1. a male given name Categories (topical): Greenlandic given names, Greenlandic male given names Related terms: Inaluk, Inunnguaq, Inutsiaq
    Sense id: en-Inuk-kl-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Inuktitut]

Forms: Inuit [plural]
Etymology: From inuk (ᐃᓄᒃ (inok)) Head templates: {{head|iu|proper noun|plural|Inuit}} Inuk (plural Inuit)
  1. a member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule. Synonyms: Inuq, ᐃᓄᖅ (inoq), ᐃᓄᒃ (inok) Derived forms: Inuktitut
    Sense id: en-Inuk-iu-name-FjougV~c Categories (other): Inuktitut entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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