amauti

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English

Two Inuit women wearing amautiit

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Etymology

From German Amaut, from Danish amaut, ultimately from Greenlandic amaat.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

amauti (plural amautis or amautiit)

  1. An Inuit parka designed to carry a small child.

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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