Inuit

Speech parts

1. Inuit - Noun

2. Inuit - Adjective

3. Inuit - Proper noun

Meaning

a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

eskimo aboriginal esquimau Inuk Skraeling Inupiat

Hypernyms

Native American Amerindian

Phrases with the word

inuit-specific inuit show hut inuit nunaat inuit's transport

Examples

The Inuit say that the stars are holes in heaven. And every time we see the people we loved shining through, we know they're happy. Jodi Picoult

According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body. Annie Dillard

4. Thule Inuit move into northern Greenland in the 12th century. Source: Internet

Aboriginal north further First Nations and Inuit people from Northern Canada speak a version of Canadian English influenced by the phonology of their first languages. Source: Internet

Almost all Inuit language variants have only three basic vowels and make a phonological distinction between short and long forms of all vowels. Source: Internet

After returning home he went on a lecture circuit and wrote The People of the Polar North (1908), a combination travel journal and scholarly account of Inuit folklore. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

inuhariko Inuhuit Inuinnaqtun inuit nunaat Inuit Nunangat inuit show hut