Nunavut

Territory in northern Canada which has Iqaluit as its capital.


Iqaluit

English: Iqaluit

French: Iqaluit

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ#Inuktitut

Iqaluit (the capital city of Nunavut, Canada); Latin spelling of ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ (iqaloit)


Inuktitut

ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ#Inuktitut

Inuktitut (the language of the Inuit people) Latin spelling of ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (inoktitot)


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


qujannamiik

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ#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


Inuk

a member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule.


inuktitut

ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ#Inuktitut

Like the Inuit. Latin spelling of ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (inoktitot)


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.


ᓄᓇᕕᒃ

The northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada.


Nunatsiavut

A region in Northeastern Labrador and Quebec claimed by the Inuit.


Nunavummiuq

iu-noun

Nunavummiuq (syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᖅ, plural Nunavummiut)


ᓄᓇᕗᑦ

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


ᓄᓇᕗᑦ

English: Nunavut

French: Nunavut


ᐊᐅᒃ

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


ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ

→ English: Inuktitut

→ Finnish: inuktitut

→ French: inuktitut

Inuktitut (the language of the Inuit people)


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


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.


ĸ

(Nunatsiavummiutitut dialect) A letter of the Nunatsiavummiutitut alphabet.


ᐃᓄᐃᑦ

→ English: Inuit

→ French: Inuit, inuit

plural of ᐃᓄᒃ (inok): "The People", the Inuit


ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ

→ English: Iqaluit

→ French: Iqaluit

Iqaluit (the capital city of Nunavut, Canada)


Arviat

ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ#Inuktitut


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.


pisuk

ᐱᓱᒃᑐᖕᒐᐃᒡᓘᒧᑦ.


ᐱᓱᒃ

ᐱᓱᒃᑐᖕᒐᐃᒡᓘᒧᑦ.


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)


ᐅᕙᖓ

From Proto-Eskimo *uvaŋa (“I (right here)”), from *uva (“here”) + *-ŋa (“1st person singular suffix”).


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.


Aglukark

ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ#Inuktitut


Aglukkaq

ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ#Inuktitut


ᔪᐊᑕᓐ

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Jordan


ᓇᓄᖅ

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


ᓇᓄᖅ

→ English: nanook


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


ᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃ

to go outside often (to see if someone is coming)


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)


isipirantu

ᐃᓯᐱᕋᓐᑐ ᐃᓯᐱᕋᓐᑐ#Inuktitut


ᐅᕙᒍᒃ

dual of ᐅᕙᖓ (ofanga); we, us (2 persons)


-ᕗᑦ

we (non-specific plural verb suffix); becomes -ᐳᑦ after consonant


ᕴ

(Nunavik) Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as hai.


ᕷ

(Nunavik) Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as hu.


ᕹ

(Nunavik) Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as ha.


ᕵ

(Nunavik) Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as hi.


ᕸ

(Nunavik) Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as huu.


ᕺ

(Nunavik) Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as haa.


ᕼ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as h.


ᕻ

(Nunavik) Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as h.


ᕶ

(Nunavik) Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as hii.


aluiqqanaq

ᐊᓗᐃᖅᑲᓇᖅ ᐊᓗᐃᖅᑲᓇᖅ#Inuktitut


niiquluktuq

ᓃᖁᓗᒃᑐᖅ ᓃᖁᓗᒃᑐᖅ#Inuktitut


apisimajuq

ᐊᐱᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᐱᓯᒪᔪᖅ#Inuktitut


ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ

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ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ (inoit qaoyimayatoqangit)

traditional knowledge
traditional knowledge


ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ

ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ (afatittinnik kamatsiarniq)


ᕾ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as qaai.


ᕿ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as qi.


ᖂ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as quu.


ᖀ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as qii.


ᖄ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as qaa.


ᖁ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as qu.


ᖏ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as ngi.


ᖃ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as qa.


ᖑ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as ngu.


ᖓ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as nga.


ᖕ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as ng.


ᙲ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as nngii.


ᖖ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as nng.


ᖎ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as ngaai.


ᖒ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as nguu.


ᖔ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as ngaa.


ᙰ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as ngai.


ᖅ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as q.


ᙳ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as nngu.


ᙶ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as nngaa.


ᖐ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as ngii.


ᙵ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as nnga.


ᙱ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as nngi.


ᙴ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as nnguu.


ᖢ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as lhu.


ᖤ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as lha.


ᖦ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as lh.


ᖡ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as lhii.


ᖠ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as lhi.


ᖣ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as lhuu.


ᖯ

(Aivilik) Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as b.


ᖥ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as lhaa.


ᙯ

Letter of the Inuktitut syllabary, transcribed as qai.


Inuit Nunangat

English: Inuit Nunangat

French: Inuit Nunangat

Inuit (“the People, the Inuit people”) + nunangat (“the lands, the waters, the ices”)

compound

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ#Inuktitut

Inuit Nunangat: Alternative form of ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (inoit nonangat)


ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ

English: Tallurutiup Imanga

Tallurutiup Imanga
Tallurutiup Imanga#English


Tallurutiup Imanga

English: Tallurutiup Imanga

ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ
ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ#Inuktitut

Lancaster Sound (“Tallurutiup Imanga”); Alternative form of ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ (tallorotiop imanga)


Kugaaruk

English: Kugaaruk

French: Kugaaruk

Meaning little stream, from being a small stream that enters Pelly Bay on the Simpson Peninsula.

A stream on the Simpson Peninsula that enters Pelly Bay, on the mainland in Nunavut.

A traditional Inuit meeting and campsite on the stream near Pelly Bay.

Kugaaruk; A hamlet in Nunavut on Pelly Bay.


napaaqtuq

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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)


Sikusi

An ice worm that can melt an igloo, found in Inuit mythology.


qulingiluaqtut

ᖁᓕᖏᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᓕᖏᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᖁᓕᖏᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ (qolingiloaqtot)


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”)


Qaqqaq

English: Qaqqaq

French: Qaqqaq


ᖃᖅᑲᖅ

English: Qaqqaq

French: Qaqqaq


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

head

ulajujaq (dual ulajujaak, plural ulajujait)

ᐅᓚᔪᔭᖅ ᐅᓚᔪᔭᖅ#Inuktitut

Latin spelling of ᐅᓚᔪᔭᖅ (olayoyaq) (tornado)


ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ

English: Inuit Nunangat

French: Inuit Nunangat


ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ

Gjoa Haven (a village in Nunavut, Canada)


ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ

Baker Lake (a village in Nunavut, Canada)


ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ

English: Arviat

French: Arviat

From ᐊᕐᕕᒃ (arfik, “bowhead whale”). Literally, “place of the bowhead whale”.


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.”)


Aanikallak

a female given name meaning “little Annie”


Aiguuq

interjection used by spouses to address each other


airaq

Oxytropis hyperborea
Oxytropis hyperborea

edible root of field locoweed, Oxytropis hyperborea


Aippa

kinship term used by spouses to address or refer to each other (Husband! Wife!)


Aikuluk

reciprocal kinship term, used by in-laws of the opposite sex and the same generation (e.g. the wife of a man's brother or the sister of a man's wife)


aappuu

interjection to express with to be consoled


aanniasiurti

From aanniaq (“pain, painfull illness”).


Κʻ

A letter of the Nunatsiavummiutitut alphabet.


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.