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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ. Cognate of Inupiaq iñuk, Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok), and East Greenlandic iik.
Noun
inuk (plural inuit)
- person
1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.- The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on the firm ice of the winter.
- 1982, August 4, Roland Thomsen, Atuagagdliutit, issue 31, "Tasiilami aasaq",
Declension
Hungarian
Etymology
ín (“tendon, sinew”) + -uk (“their”, possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
inuk
- third-person plural single-possession possessive of ín
Declension
Inuktitut
Noun
inuk (dual inuuk, plural inuit)
- Latin spelling of ᐃᓄᒃ (inok)