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Inuk, n. (and a.)|ɪˈnʊk|
Also Innuk.
[a. Inuit, person: the sing. form of inuit (see Innuit n.).]
1. An Eskimo man; hence, any Eskimo person regardless of sex, esp. one inhabiting N. Canada. Also attrib. or as adj.
[1824G. Niagungitok Vocab. Esquimaux Words in Interesting Acct. Esquimaux Indians 22 Innuk, Esquimeaux [sic] Indians. 1928D. Jenness in Rep. Canad. Arctic Exped., 1913–1918 XV. 39 Inuk..a real man, an Eskimo. ]1951R. Bulliard Inuk iii. 62 The Eskimo is different, quite different. What is he, this Inuk, this man of the men par excellence? 1957Times 12 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. iv/2 The 650 or so Eskimos who carve for a living fulfil their role as ‘Inuk’—hunter par excellence, for they, like their ancestors, combine knowledge of hunting, carving, and natural resources to get food for their families. 1979Globe & Mail (Toronto) 7 July 7/5 The ‘ability to predict caribou behavior and hunt successfully..is still considered to be the very essence of being an Inuk’. Ibid. 20 Oct. 8/5 A comely Inuk lass. 1985Christian Science Monitor 27 Nov. 16/3 The Inuk helping produce ‘Ratting in the Delta’ had never been in a TV studio before last January. 1991Toronto Star 11 Apr. a29/2 Millions of Canadians..have never met a Quebecer, never seen Newfoundland, never spoken to an Inuk.
2. The language of the Inuit.
1962M. Swadesh in Amer. Anthropologist LXIV. 1268 Some perspective is gained on the Eskimo side by the existence of a number of dialects falling into at least two distinct languages, Alaska–Siberia, called Yuit or Yuk or Yupik, and Alaska–Canada–Greenland, called Inuit, Inuk, or Inupik. 1989N.Y. Times 21 Aug. a3/5 Melanie Paniaq, who translates between English and Inuk, the Eskimo language, showed visitors the office freezer stuffed with caribou and seal meat from the north. |