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单词 inuk
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Inukn.adj.

Brit. /ˈɪnʊk/, /ɪˈnʊk/, U.S. /ɪˈnuk/, /ˈɪnʊk/
Forms: 1800s– Innok, 1900s– Innuk, 1900s– Inuk.
Origin: A borrowing from Eastern Canadian Inuit. Etymon: Eastern Canadian Inuit inuk.
Etymology: < Eastern Canadian Inuit inuk person (plural inuit : see Inuit n.); in early use (in form Innok) via French †Innok (1876 or earlier; now Inuk ). Compare earlier Inuit n.
A. n.
1. A member of the Inuit people. The singular form of Inuit (see Inuit n.).
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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of the Arctic > [noun]
Eskimo1584
Inuit1745
Skraeling1767
Inuk1876
Yuit1881
Copper Eskimo1884
Netsilik1884
Netsilingmiut1885
Caribou Eskimo1920
Eskimoid1930
Nunamiut1951
Inupiaq1957
Yupik1977
1876 Censuses Canada, 1665–1871 (1876) IV. Introd. p. lxiv All the aboriginal families of British America are divided into four races. These four races are: 1. That of the Esquimaux, or Innok (plural Innoit).
1951 R. Bulliard Inuk iii. 62 The Eskimo is different, quite different. What is he, this Inuk, this man of the men par excellence?
1995 Inuit Art Q. Winter 22/2 We Inuks must remember these carvings, this art, is a vehicle to keep our ancestral stories alive.
2017 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 30 Nov. a3 The woman's cousin, an Inuk living in Halifax, was murdered in 2014.
2. One of the two major divisions of the Eskimo branch of the Eskimo-Aleut language family, the other being Yupik (Yupik n. 1); a language of this group. Cf. Inuit n. 2.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Eskimo-Aleut > [noun]
Greenlandish1767
Eskimo1819
Greenlandic1820
husky1864
Aleut1872
Inuk1884
Inuit1901
Yuit1909
Eskimo-Aleut1913
Inupiaq1947
Inupik1951
Yupik1951
Yuk1962
Inuktitut1974
1884 Amer. Antiquarian 6 218 The 'Revue Linguistique' of Paris..published his studies on the Innok or Eskimo.
1962 Amer. Anthropologist 64 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.
1989 N.Y. Times 21 Aug. a3/5 Melanie Paniaq..translates between English and Inuk, the Eskimo language.
2015 www.uregina.ca 15 Sept. (accessed 5 Dec. 2017) The series won numerous awards and was broadcast in Cree, English, French and Inuk.
B. adj.
Of, belonging to, or relating to the Inuit or their languages.
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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of the Arctic > [adjective]
Eskimo1703
Inuit1862
Netsilik1864
Mongolioid1883
Eskimoid1889
Inuk1889
Netsilingmiut1941
Inupiaq1947
Nunamiut1951
Yupik1951
1889 Proc. Canad. Inst. 6 No. 2. 289 The Innok tradition..disdains mention of the Indians.
1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Oct. 8/5 A comely Inuk lass.
2002 G. Macdonald et al. Shaman or Sherlock? viii. 237 In an Inuk village, the cultural traditions for handling wayward youths, generational conflicts, and authority differ greatly from those in British cozy mysteries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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