Eskimo kiss

See also: Eskimo-kiss

English

Etymology

So called after an Inuit traditional greeting or sign of affection, the *kunik, in which the nose and upper lip are placed against another's skin while breathing in.

Noun

Eskimo kiss (plural Eskimo kisses)

1. The rubbing of one's nose against another's as a sign of affection.

Translations

rubbing of one's nose against another's

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛斯基摩吻 / 爱斯基摩吻 (Àisījīmó wěn)

• Danish: eskimokys n
• Dutch: neuzeneuzen n
• Finnish: eskimosuukko, eskimopusu
• French: bisou esquimau m
• German: Eskimokuss m, Nasenkuss m
• Hungarian: eszkimópuszi
• Inuktitut: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: Эскимо үнсэлт (Eskimo ünselt)
• Portuguese: beijo de esquimó m
• Russian: эскимо́сский поцелу́й m (eskimósskij pocelúj)
• Turkish: Eskimo öpücüğü

See also

• hongi
• honi
• kunik
• nuzzle