| 释义 |
Inuktitut, n. Canad.|ɪˈnʊktɪtʊt|
Also Inuktituk.
[a. Inuit, lit. ‘like the Inuit’, f. inuk person, Eskimo + -titut suffix of the Eskimo aequalis pl.; cf. *Inuk n. (and a.).]
The language of the Inuit (of the Canadian Arctic); Eskimo.
[1959Time 29 June 37/1 A slender magazine called Inuktitut (The Eskimo Way), a publication so thoroughly Eskimo that even the Department of Northern Affairs cannot fully translate its contents.] 1976Vancouver Sun 8 Mar. 29 (caption) Wallace Goose translates for Agnes Aleekuk, who spoke in Inuktitut, language of the Inuit. 1977Kingston (Ontario) Whig-Standard 6 July 2/4 As association members aired their views on the language law in Inuktituk, Nungak translated into English. 1979Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 June 33/4 TV had divided the young kids who could speak English from their parents, who could speak only Inuktitut. 1987N.Y. Times 26 July i. 19/2 ‘AIDS is a killer!’ the advertisement proclaimed in English and Inuktituk. 1992Toronto Star 26 Apr. b3/4 ‘We were treated like dogs,’ said one Inuk elder..in his native Inuktitut. |