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kabloonat, n. With reference to peoples in Canada and Greenland.
Brit. |kəˈbluːnɪt|, U.S. |kəˈblunɪt|, Canad. |kəˈbluːnɪt|
Forms: 17– kablunæt, 17– kablunet, 18– kablunat, 19– kablonat, 19– kabloonait, 19– kabloonat, 19– kabloonet, 19– kablunait; Also with capital initial.
[Partly > n., plural of qallunaaq Qallunaaq adj., and partly > n.). Compare kabloona n.]
With pl. concord. Non-Inuit people (esp. of European descent), considered collectively; = Qallunaat n. Also occas. as a count noun: = Qallunaaq adj. Cf. kabloona n.
1745tr. H. Egede Descr. Greenland ii. 13 Whilst the Kablunæt dwelled there, one of the Innuits..came rowing along the Shore. 1833Moravians in Labrador 65 When he spoke to them of eternal damnation, they supposed it was only the Kablunat that were sent to hell. 1873Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 2 297 Are there any great gods believed in?.. And, if so, did they hear of him from the Kablunat (white man) or know him before? 1913V. Stefansson My Life with Eskimo (1922) 173 We didn't know..what sort of complexion the kablunat have. 1986J. D. Hamilton Bob Friday's Other Eye 26 Some kabloonat and a few Inuit do build outside doghouses, but they are in the minority. 1992J. Steffler Afterlife George Cartwright ix. 193 ‘Silly kablunet,’ she whispered. 2001Edmonton (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 24 Dec. a31 That is how the kabloonat gained control over the Arctic... They were welcomed by the Inuit and just ‘took over’ the land. |