iñuk

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See also: inuk and Inuk

Inupiaq

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Inuit *inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ. Cognate of Greenlandic inuk, Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok), and East Greenlandic iik.

Noun

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iñuk (dual iññuk, plural iñuich, plural iñuit)

  1. human, person
    Akłam iñuguutiplugu uqaġvigigaa.
    The bear turned into a human being and spoke to him.

Declension

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