Definition of kabloona in English:
kabloona
nounPlural kabloonat, Plural kabloonas kəˈbluːnə
Canadian (among Inuit people) a person who is not a member of the Inuit; a white person.
Example sentencesExamples
- Loanwords from Inuktitut: for example, angakok a shaman, chimo a greeting, toast before drinking, kabloona a non-Inuit, a White, ouk a command to a sleddog to turn right, tupik a tent of animal skins.
- The Kabloona include missionaries, teachers, police, government personnel and their spouses or companions.
- He discovers that he himself has become so well adapted to the Inuit way of life that he is no longer a "Kabloona" and has become one of them.
Origin
From Inuit kabluna 'big eyebrow'.