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This list includes common nouns which originated from Eskimo or Aleut languages, it does not include the names of tribes or places. If a common noun is also the name of a tribe or place (e.g. "Mohawk"), this is noted, however.
from Aleut languages
from Eskimo languages
from Inuit languages
specific language unclear
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Greenlandic
Inuktitut
- chimo — "hello, goodbye" (a salutation, now generally used ironically) — Inuktitut ᓴᐃᒧ (saimo, “goodbye; peace be with you”)
- igloo — "durable dome-shaped shelter constructed of blocks cut from hard snow" — Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo) (contrast "quinzhee")
- inuksuk (also: inukshuk) — "structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure" — Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ (inoksok, “in the likeness of a human”)
- kamik — "mukluk, soft knee-high boot" — Inuktitut ᑲᒥᒃ (kamik, “boot, shoe, footwear”)
- ookpik — "handicraft toy stuffed owl, often made from wolf fur, sealskin or similar materials" — Inuktitut ᐅᒃᐱᒃ (okpik, “snowy owl”)
- Tiktaalik (sometimes: tiktaalik) — "taxonomic genus within the subclass Tetrapodomorpha", "member of this genus: an extinct fish which evolved to walk on land" — Inuktitut tiktaalik (“shallow-water fish”)
- Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
- angakkuq — "Inuit shaman" (male or female intellectual and spiritual mediator) — Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ (angatkoq, “shaman”) (synonymous with and cognate to "angatkuq", "angakok")
- komatik (also: qamutiq) — "rawhide-lashed sled/sleigh with wooden crossbars and runners" — Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᒧᑎᒃ (qamotik)
- qiviut (also: qiviuq) — "underwool of the Arctic musk ox, used as fibre" — Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ (qifioq, “underwool”)
- qulliq (also: kudlik) — "particular soapstone lamp (produced and used by the Inuit)" — Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖁᓪᓕᖅ (qolliq)
- Western Canadian Inuktitut
- der/das Kajak — "small boat powered by the occupant(s) using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position" — Western Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat; kayak; canoe”)
- umiak — "large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame, propelled by paddles" — Western Canadian Inuktitut ᐅᒥᐊᖅ (omiaq, “women's boat; sealskin boat; boat”)
Inupiak
- malamute — "particular breed of husky dog" — so called after the people who bred them, known in Inupiaq as malimiut
- masu — "Hedysarum alpinum, which has an edible root" — Inupiaq ᒪᓱ (masu, “edible root”)
- tupik — "tent-like type of Native American dwelling made from animal skins, used by the Inuit in the summer" — Inupiaq ᑐᐱᒃ (tupik)
- qargi — "traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted, kashim" — Inupiaq qargi (synonymous with "qasgiq")
from Yupik languages
specific language unclear
Central Siberian Yupik