单词 | inuk |
释义 | Inukn.adj. A. n. 1. A member of the Inuit people. The singular form of Inuit (see Inuit n.). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.adj.1876 |
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