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amauti

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English

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Two Inuit women wearing amautiit

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From German Amaut, from Danish amaut, ultimately from Greenlandic amaat.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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amauti (plural amautis or amautiit)

  1. An Inuit parka designed to carry a small child.

References

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  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Amauti”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

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