niaquujaaq

ᓂᐊᖂᔮᖅ ᓂᐊᖂᔮᖅ#Inuktitut


irmiut

ᐃᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᕐᒥᐅᑦ#Inuktitut


titiraut

ᑎᑎᕋᐅᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᑦ#Inuktitut


qaanqijaut

ᖄᓐᕿᔭᐅᑦ ᖄᓐᕿᔭᐅᑦ#Inuktitut


ipirautaq

ᐃᐱᕋᐅᑕᖅ ᐃᐱᕋᐅᑕᖅ#Inuktitut


upirnqaaq

ᐅᐱᕐᓐᖄᖅ ᐅᐱᕐᓐᖄᖅ#Inuktitut


aujuittuq

ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ#Inuktitut


qilalugaq

ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖅ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖅ#Inuktitut


qimmuksit

ᕿᒻᒧᒃᓯᑦ ᕿᒻᒧᒃᓯᑦ#Inuktitut


qikturiaq

ᕿᒃᑐᕆᐊᖅ ᕿᒃᑐᕆᐊᖅ#Inuktitut


qikturiaqtauniq

ᕿᒃᑐᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅ ᕿᒃᑐᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᕿᒃᑐᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅ (qiktoriaqtaoniq)


tiriganiaq

ᑎᕆᒐᓂᐊᖅ ᑎᕆᒐᓂᐊᖅ#Inuktitut


uqausiq

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ#Inuktitut


iqaluk

English: Iqaluit

French: Iqaluit


qaukpat

ᖃᐅᒃᐸᑦ ᖃᐅᒃᐸᑦ#Inuktitut


ippaksaq

ᐃᑉᐸᒃᓴᖅ ᐃᑉᐸᒃᓴᖅ#Inuktitut


ataata

From Proto-Inuit *ạta-ata, from Proto-Eskimo *ata-ata.


kamik

From Proto-Inuit *kąmǝ̣ɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *kamǝɣ.


nuliaq

From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.


qallunaaq

ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ#Inuktitut


Inuit

→ English: Inuit

→ French: Inuit, inuit


ᑏ

From English tea, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).


ᐊᓇᐅᓪᓚᐅᑦ

A bat, such as a baseball bat: a stick of one of various types used in playing certain games.


Nunavummiuq

iu-noun

Nunavummiuq (syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᖅ, plural Nunavummiut)


ᓄᓇᕗᑦ

English: Nunavut

French: Nunavut

ᓄᓇ (nona) + -ᕗᑦ (-fot), compare Greenlandic nunarput.


ᐊᐅᒃ

From Proto-Inuit *a(r)uɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aruɣ. Cognate with Inupiaq auk and Greenlandic aak.


ᐊᕐᓀᑦ

ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ#Inuktitut

(Nunavik) Alternative form of ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ (arnait), plural of ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq)


ᐊᕐᓇᖅ

ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (Latin arnaq, plural ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ or ᐊᕐᓀᑦ)

arnaq (Latin)
ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ (plural)
ᐊᕐᓀᑦ (plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ạʁna- from Proto-Eskimo *aʁna-. Cognate of Greenlandic arnaq, Inupiaq aġnaq and Nunatsiavummiutut annak. Possibly attested as early as 1577 in the name Egnock or Ignorth.


ᐊᓄᕆ

ᐊᓄᕌᖅᑐᖅ (anuraaqtuq)


ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ

Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada


ᐊᐳᑦ

From Proto-Inuit *ạp-unt, from Proto-Eskimo *apǝ.


ᐊᑖᑕ

iu-head

ᐊᑖᑕ (ataata) (plural ᐊᑖᑕᑦ, Latin ataata)

ataata (romanization)
ᐊᑖᑕᑦ (plural)
ataata (Latin)


ᐃᒪᖅ

From Proto-Inuit *ịmạ-, from Proto-Eskimo *ima-. Cognate with Greenlandic imaq.


ᐃᕐᓂᖅ

From Proto-Inuit *ịʁnị-ʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *iʁni-ʁ. Cognate with Greenlandic erneq.


ᐃᒥᖅ

From Proto-Inuit *ǝ̣̊mǝ̣ʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝmǝʁ. Cognate with Greenlandic imeq.


ᐃᖃᓗᒃ

From Proto-Inuit *ǝqaluɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝqaɫuɣ. Cognate with Greenlandic eqaluk and Inupiaq qalukpik.


ᐃᔨ

From Proto-Inuit *ǝžǝ, from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *ǝðǝ. Cognate with Greenlandic isi and Inupiaq iri.


ᐊᕐᕕᒃ

From Proto-Inuit *aʁvǝʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *aʁvǝʁ. Cognate of Greenlandic arfeq and Inupiaq agviq.


inuksuk

ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ#Inuktitut


ᐊᒡᒐᒃ

From Proto-Inuit *ạrɣąɣ, from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *aðɣa. Cognate with Greenlandic assak.


ᐃᓄᒃ

From Proto-Inuit *inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ. Cognate with Inupiaq iñuk, Greenlandic inuk, and East Greenlandic iik.


ᐃᒡᓗ

→ English: igloo, iglu

→ Italian: iglù

→ Portuguese: iglu

→ Thai: อิกลู (ìk-luu)

From Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu. Cognate with Greenlandic illu.


ᐃᓴᕈᖅ

From Proto-Inuit *icaʁu-, from Proto-Eskimo *ica-qu-. Cognate with Greenlandic isaroq.


pupik

iu-noun

pupik (^(???) please provide syllabics spelling!)

From the root pu- for "protuberance on a surface" and the morpheme -pik for "alone by itself"


ᐆᒻᒪᑎ

From Proto-Eskimo *uŋ-uma- (“alive, heart”). Cognates include Greenlandic uummat and Inupiaq uumman.


ᐅᖅᓱᖅ

iu-head

ᐅᖅᓱᖅ (oqsoq) (plural ᐅᖅᓱᐃᑦ, Latin uqsuq)

oqsoq (romanization)
ᐅᖅᓱᐃᑦ (plural)
uqsuq (Latin)

From Proto-Eskimo *uqru- (“fat, blubber”). Cognates include Inupiaq uqsruq and Greenlandic orsoq.


ᓄᑲᖅ

From Proto-Eskimo *nuka- (“younger sibling”). Compare Greenlandic nukaq.


ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ

ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᓂᖅᐸᑦ ᐃᒫᒃ ᐃᓄᕈᓗᐃᑦ, ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᑲᖅᓴᕋᔭᙱᓚᖅ. Kisianili qallunaaq uqarniqpat imaak inuruluit, inuk akaqsarajanngilaq.
But if a white man says inuruluit, Inuit person will be offended. (Hansard of Nunavut. Source n° 20010328).


ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ

English: Nunavummiut

French: Nunavummiut

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᖅ#Inuktitut


ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᖅ

iu-noun

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᖅ (Latin Nunavummiuq, plural ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ)

→ English: Nunavummiuq

→ French: Nunavummiuq


ᓯᐱᓂᖅ

intersex person, person born with ambiguous genitalia, person with genitalia which (in the Inuit belief) changed at birth

person raised in a gender that does not match their birth sex (i.e. a female-bodied person raised as a male, or a male-bodied person raised as a female)


ᐃᓪᓗ

From Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.


ᐊᖑᑦ

angot (romanization)
ᐊᖑᑏᑦ (plural)
angut (Latin)

From Proto-Inuit *aŋu-nt, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋu-nt. Compare Greenlandic angut and Siglitun angun.


ᓇᓄᖅ

→ English: nanook

From Proto-Inuit *nanu- (“polar bear”), from Proto-Eskimo *nanu- (“polar bear”). Cognates include Inupiaq nanuq, Greenlandic nanoq.


qaujimajatuqangit

ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ#Inuktitut

Alternative form of ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ (qaoyimayatoqangit)


qaujimanituqangit

ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᖏᑦ#Inuktitut

Alternative form of ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᖏᑦ (qaoyimanitoqangit)


ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᖏᑦ

English: Qaujimanituqangit


Qaujimajatuqangit

ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ#Inuktitut


Qaujimanituqangit

ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᖏᑦ#Inuktitut


ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ

English: Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit traditional knowledge)


iktsuarpok

ᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃ ᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃ#Inuktitut


ilinniaqtittiji

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ (ilinniaqtittiyi)


ilinniaqtittijit

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᑦ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᑦ (ilinniaqtittiyit)


igliap attunginga

ᐃᒡᓕᐊᑉ ᐊᑦᑐᖏᖓ
ᐃᒡᓕᐊᑉ ᐊᑦᑐᖏᖓ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᐃᒡᓕᐊᑉ ᐊᑦᑐᖏᖓ (icliap attonginga)


kiaktisimajuq

ᑭᐊᒃᑎᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑭᐊᒃᑎᓯᒪᔪᖅ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᑭᐊᒃᑎᓯᒪᔪᖅ (kiaktisimayoq)


nutaraksaup imanga

ᓄᑕᕋᒃᓴᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ
ᓄᑕᕋᒃᓴᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᓄᑕᕋᒃᓴᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ (notaraksaop imanga)


aluiqqanaq

ᐊᓗᐃᖅᑲᓇᖅ ᐊᓗᐃᖅᑲᓇᖅ#Inuktitut


niiquluktuq

ᓃᖁᓗᒃᑐᖅ ᓃᖁᓗᒃᑐᖅ#Inuktitut


ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ

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ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ (inoit qaoyimayatoqangit)

traditional knowledge
traditional knowledge


ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ

ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ (afatittinnik kamatsiarniq)


napaaqtuq

napaaqtuq (dual napaaqtuuk, plural napaaqtuit)

Compare Greenlandic napaartoq (“rowan”), Inupiaq napaaqtuq (“black spruce”), Inuvialuktun napaaqtuq (“tree”).


qangatasuuq

ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅ#Inuktitut


piruqtusajaq

ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓴᔭᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓴᔭᖅ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓴᔭᖅ (piroqtosayaq)


nanualuk

nanualuk (dual nanualuuk, plural nanualuit)

nanuq + -aluk (“big, bad”), because male polar bears are much bigger than females


uqaujaq

uqaujaq (dual uqaujaak, plural uqaujait)

uqaq (“tongue”) + -ujaq (“resembling sth”)


iqaluit

English: Iqaluit

French: Iqaluit

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ#Inuktitut

plural of iqaluk; Latin spelling of ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ (iqaloit)


ᐊᒥᖅ

From Proto-Inuit *ami- (“hide, skin, fish skin, tree bark”), from Proto-Eskimo *ami- (“hide, skin”). Cognate with Greenlandic ameq and Inupiaq amiġaq.


ᐳᑲᒃ

crystalline snow that breaks down and separates and looks like rough salt on the ground


ulajujaq

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ulajujaq (dual ulajujaak, plural ulajujait)

ᐅᓚᔪᔭᖅ ᐅᓚᔪᔭᖅ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᐅᓚᔪᔭᖅ (olayoyaq) (tornado)


quviasuvvik

quviasuvvik (dual quviasuvviik, plural quviasuvviit)

quviasuvviik (dual)
quviasuvviit (plural)

quviasuk- (“to be be happy”) + -vik (“place or time where sth happens”) with consonant "k" assimilated to "v"

suffix

Quviasugitsi quviasuvvimi!

(literally, “Enjoy yourselves in enjoying time.”)


airaq

Oxytropis hyperborea
Oxytropis hyperborea

edible root of field locoweed, Oxytropis hyperborea


aanniasiurti

From aanniaq (“pain, painfull illness”).


ᒎᑎ

From or related to Greenlandic guuti (“god”) itself from Danish gud.

(almost chiefly Christianity) god, deity


uqausiit

ᐅᖃᐅᓰᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓰᑦ#Inuktitut


uiviititullu

ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᓪᓗ ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᓪᓗ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᓪᓗ (oifiititollo)


ᑎᒃᑖᓕᒃ

→ Translingual: Tiktaalik

→ English: Tiktaalik


ᖁᓪᓕᖅ

A traditional soapstone oil lamp fuelled by blubber and seal fat, of Eastern Arctic peoples.