artigi

See also: Artigi

English

Noun

artigi (plural artigis)

1. Alternative form of atigi
   • 1906, The Sunday at Home, page 59:

     He found the Eskimo children most interesting; as soon as they are brought into the world they are carried on their mother's back, inside her artigi, or coat, and are kept so till they are three years old, when they get a coat and pants. They are never cold, as they lie next to the mother's back, and her flesh is very warm on account of the fat she eats.

   • 1953, Donat Marc Le Bourdais, Nation of the North: Canada Since Confederation, page 251:

     […] Eskimo tot in its mother's artigi.

   • 1959, William A. Leising, Arctic Wings, page 216:

     […] Eskimo mother has the bottom of the artigi well padded with sphagnum-type moss.