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Innuit|ˈɪnuːɪt|
Also Inuit.
[ad. Inupik Eskimo inuit people, pl. of inuk man.]
An Eskimo; the Eskimos collectively. Also attrib. or as adj.
1765C. Drachard in Ethnohistory (1972) XIX. 136 They [sc. the Labrador Eskimos] also by way of eminence in contra-distinction to the Europeans call themselves Innuit (the Men). 1774B. La Trobe Brief Acct. Mission Esquimaux Indians Labrador 10 Formerly, they..looked upon the Europeans as upon dogs, giving them the appellation, Kablunets, that is, Barbarians, but called themselves Innuit, which signifies men. 1850[see Eskimo n. 1]. 1860Mayne Reid Odd People 88 They [sc. the Esquimaux] generally call themselves ‘Inuit’ (pronounced enn-oo-eet), a word which signifies ‘men’. 1864Spectator 31 Dec. 1506 The Innuits believe in a supreme Being called Anguta, whose daughter Sidne is the creator and the tutelary deity of the Innuit people. 1864C. F. Hall Life with Esquimaux I. 122 A highly-intelligent Innuit..was boat-steerer. 1895[see Eskimo n. 1]. 1903J. London People of Abyss xxvii. 313 In Alaska, along the banks of the Yukon River, near its mouth, live the Innuit folk. 1919W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor (1920) vii. 140 With the influx of white settlers from Devon and Dorset, Scotland and France the ‘Innuits’ were driven farther and farther north. 1963North (Ottawa) May–June 34 Without us the Innuit go hungry. 1973Sci. Amer. Sept. 196/3 Nearly 400 sculptors of quality are represented here from the inuit. |