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1. aglu, n. View full entry 1835
...A breathing-hole in the ice, made by a seal. Cf. blow-hole4....
2. angekok, n. View full entry 1767
...Among the Inuit of Greenland: a sorcerer or medicine-man....
3. igloo, n. View full entry 1856
...A dome-shaped Eskimo dwelling, typically built of blocks of compacted snow....
4. Innuit | Inuit, n. and adj. View full entry 1765
...A member of any of several aboriginal peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Canada and Greenland....
5. 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....
6. Inuktitut, n. View full entry 1976
...The language of the Inuit (of the Canadian Arctic); Eskimo....
7. 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....
8. kabloona, n. View full entry 1767
...A non-Inuit person, spec. a person of European descent; = Qallunaaq...
9. kabloonat, n. View full entry 1745
...With pl. concord. Non-Inuit people (esp. of European descent), considered collectively; = Qallunaat Also occas. as a count noun: = Qallunaaq Cf. kabloona...
10. kamik, n. View full entry 1891
...A long boot of sealskin worn by Eskimo peoples....
11. kayak, n.1 View full entry 1757
...A canoe made of a framework of light wood covered with sealskins sewn together, made and used by the Inuit of Greenland and other Eskimo peoples....
12. komatik, n. View full entry 1824
...A dog-sledge used by the people of Labrador. Also as intr., to travel on a komatik....
13. kudlik, n. View full entry 1856
...A soapstone oil lamp of a type traditionally used for light and heat by the Inuit and other peoples of the Arctic....
14. Malamute, n. View full entry 1868
...A member of an Inupiaq people inhabiting the region of the Kotzebue Sound on the west coast of Alaska....
15. 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...
16. muktuk, n. View full entry 1880
...The skin and outer blubber of a whale, used as food by the Inuit....
17. Netsilingmiut, n. and adj. View full entry 1885
...= Netsilik...
18. Ookpik, n. View full entry 1964
...A type of small doll resembling an arctic owl, adopted as a distinctively Canadian symbol or souvenir....
19. piblokto, n. View full entry 1894
...A condition affecting the Inuit peoples in winter, characterized by an episode of wild excitement and irrational behaviour followed by a period of stupor or unconsciousness, sometimes with apparent seizures; also called...
20. pingo, n. View full entry 1928
...A peak of rock that is covered by ice but remains distinguishable. Cf. nunatakrare (disused)....
