Inuit Definition

ĭno͝o-ĭt, -yo͝o-
inuits
noun
A member of a group of Eskimos of N North America, inhabiting areas from Greenland and E Canada to Alaska.
Webster's New World
The language of this people, belonging to the Eskimo-Aleut language family.
Webster's New World

Eskimo.

Webster's New World
Any of the languages spoken by the Inuit.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun

Inuktitut, the Inuit language.

Wiktionary
adjective
Of or relating to the Inuit or the languages spoken by the Inuit.
American Heritage

Origin of Inuit

  • First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inuit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inuk, “person”), from Proto-Eskimo *inguɣ.

    From Wiktionary

  • Inuit pl. of inuk human being, Eskimo

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Inuit Sentence Examples

  • Detailed Alaskan cruises along the Inside Passage exploring native Inuit villages.

  • Archaeologists, for example, have discovered cave drawings depicting members of Inuit tribes using walrus skins to throw each other into the air.

  • Or marvel at the various lexemes for the word " snow " found in one Inuit dialect.

  • Isolated examples have been documented in Japan and among the Inuit and Eskimo American Indians.

  • A more modern day comparison would be Inuit children who as late as the 50's and 60's still missed school during the preparation for winter, and winter months which sometimes shortened their school year substantially.

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Words Starting With

IININU

Words Ending With

TITUIT

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Inuit

Words Starting With I and Ending With T

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