inuk

See also: Inuk and iñuk

Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Noun

inuk (plural inuit)

  1. person
    • 1982 August 4, "Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq", Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten
      Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik[sic] martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.
      The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on the firm ice [on the water] of the winter.

Declension
Declension of inuk
singular plural
absolutive inuk inuit
ergative inuup inuit
allative inummut inunnut
ablative inummit inunniit
prosecutive inukkut inutsigut
locative inummi inunni
instrumental inummik inunnik
equative inuttut inuttut

Inuktitut

Noun

inuk

  1. Latin spelling of ᐃᓄᒃ (inuk)
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