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1. Inuk, n. and adj. View full entry 1951
...A man of the Inuit people; (hence) any member of the Inuit, regardless of gender, esp. one inhabiting northern Canada....
2. Inuktitut, n. View full entry 1976
...The language of the Inuit (of the Canadian Arctic); Eskimo....
3. Inupiaq, n. and adj. View full entry 1961
...A member of an Inuit people inhabiting areas ranging from north-western Alaska eastwards throughout the Canadian Arctic to Greenland....
4. masu, n. View full entry 1900
...A boreal plant, Hedysarum alpinum (family Fabaceae(Leguminosae)), whose sweetish root, which has a taste reminiscent of liquorice, is eaten as a vegetable by the Inuit of...
5. Ookpik, n. View full entry 1964
...A type of small doll resembling an arctic owl, adopted as a distinctively Canadian symbol or souvenir....
6. pingo, n. View full entry 1928
...A peak of rock that is covered by ice but remains distinguishable. Cf. nunatakrare (disused)....
7. Qallunaaq, adj. and n. View full entry 1975
...Of or designating non-Inuit people, spec. those of European descent; non-Inuit....
8. Qallunaat, n. and adj. View full entry 1975
...With pl. concord. Non-Inuit people, considered collectively. Also occas. as a count noun: = Qallunaaq...
9. qiviut, n. View full entry 1958
...The underwool of the musk ox; fibre made from this....
10. qulliq, n. View full entry 1974
...= kudlik...
11. sillapak, n. View full entry 1942
...A white outer garment worn as camouflage by Inuit hunters of Labrador....
12. Yuk, adj. and n. View full entry 1962
...A dialect of Yupik....
