Appendix:English terms of Eskimo-Aleut origin

An offshoot of Appendix:English terms of Native American origin, this list includes common nouns which originated from Eskimo or Aleut languages. See here for a list of place names, personal names and tribe names derived from these languages. (If a common noun is also the name of a tribe, place or person (e.g. "malamute"), this is noted in this list only in the etymology.)

from Aleut languages

 * iqyax — "kayak constructed by covering a light wooden frame lashed together with sinew in sea lion hides, bidarka" — Unangan 🇨🇬
 * parka — "long jacket with a hood, which protects the wearer against rain and wind" — via 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬

specific language unclear

 * kabloona — "(in Canada or Greenland) non-Inuit person (especially if European)" — said to be combination of Eastern Canadian 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 (an older spelling of ), if not a straightforward derivation of one or the other
 * muktuk — "whale skin and blubber (as used as a food by the Inuit)" — Western Canadian 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬
 * pingo — "hydrolaccolith, mound of earth-covered ice" — 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬
 * tupilaq (also: tupilak, tupilat) — "monster (either invisible or having a physical form constructed from animal bones, sinew, etc) created in secret by a shaman and sent into the sea to seek and kill a specific enemy", "(small) representation of such a monster, often carved from whale bone" — from 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬 (cognates exist in both languages}

Greenlandic

 * angakok (also: angekok, angekkok, angekut) — "Inuit shaman" — 🇨🇬 (synonymous with and cognate to "angatkuq", "angakkuq")
 * anorak — "heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood" (in the UK also: "nerd") — 🇨🇬
 * nunatak — "mountain (or mountain-top or ridge) surrounded by but not covered by ice: peak protruding from the surface of an ice sheet" — 🇨🇬

Inuktitut

 * chimo — "hello, goodbye" (a salutation, now generally used ironically) — 🇨🇬
 * igloo — "durable dome-shaped shelter constructed of blocks cut from hard snow" — 🇨🇬 (contrast "quinzhee")
 * inuksuk (also: inukshuk) — "structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure" — 🇨🇬
 * kamik — "mukluk, soft knee-high boot" — 🇨🇬
 * ookpik — "handicraft toy stuffed owl, often made from wolf fur, sealskin or similar materials" — 🇨🇬
 * Tiktaalik (sometimes: tiktaalik) — "taxonomic genus within the subclass Tetrapodomorpha", "member of this genus: an extinct fish which evolved to walk on land" — 🇨🇬
 * ulu — "woman's knife" — 🇨🇬


 * Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
 * angakkuq — "Inuit shaman" (male or female intellectual and spiritual mediator) — Eastern Canadian 🇨🇬 (synonymous with and cognate to "angatkuq", "angakok")
 * komatik (also: qamutiq) — "rawhide-lashed sled/sleigh with wooden crossbars and runners" — Eastern Canadian 🇨🇬
 * qiviut (also: qiviuq) — "underwool of the Arctic musk ox, used as fibre" — Eastern Canadian 🇨🇬
 * qulliq (also: kudlik) — "particular soapstone lamp (produced and used by the Inuit)" — Eastern Canadian 🇨🇬


 * Western Canadian Inuktitut
 * angatkuq — "Inuit shaman" — Western Canadian 🇨🇬 (synonymous with and cognate to "angakkuq", "angakok")
 * kayak (also: kiak) — "small boat powered by the occupant(s) using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position" (as a verb: "to travel in such a boat") — Western Canadian 🇨🇬
 * umiak — "large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame, propelled by paddles" — Western Canadian 🇨🇬

Inupiaq

 * malamute — "particular breed of husky dog" — from the name "Malamute" (from 🇨🇬) applied to an Inupiak people who live in western Alaska and who bred these dogs
 * masu — "Hedysarum alpinum, which has an edible root" — 🇨🇬
 * tupik — "tent-like type of Native American dwelling made from animal skins, used by the Inuit in the summer" — 🇨🇬
 * qargi — "traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted, kashim" — 🇨🇬 (synonymous with "qasgiq")

specific language unclear

 * kuspuk — "lightweight dress-like parka worn by (Eskimo) women", "overshirt worn by (Eskimo) men and women" — from a 🇨🇬 language term
 * qasgiq — "traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted, kashim" — from a 🇨🇬 language term (synonymous with "qargi")

Central Siberian Yupik

 * mukluk (also: maklak) — "soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin" — 🇨🇬
 * maklak — (variant of "mukluk")