Inuit

Etymology
First attested 1755–65. From, singular , from.

Noun

 * 1) A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.

Synonyms






Holonyms

 * ,, , or Inupik
 * Nunatsiavummiut,   Labrador Inuit
 * Nunatuĸavummiut,   Labrador Metis,    Inuit Metis
 * Nunatuĸavummiut,   Labrador Metis,    Inuit Metis

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 因紐特人
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: inuita, inuité
 * Danish: inuit
 * Esperanto: inuitoj
 * Finnish: inuitti
 * French:
 * Hindi: इनुइत
 * Inuktitut:
 * Roman: inuit
 * Syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ
 * Inupiaq: Iñuit
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: inuitt
 * Nynorsk: inuitt
 * Polish: Inuita, Inuitka
 * Portuguese: inuítes
 * Russian:, инуи́тка
 * Ukrainian: інуї́ти, інуї́т, інуї́тка

Proper noun

 * 1) Inuktitut, the Inuit language.

Meronyms

 * ,, or locally Inuttut
 * ,, or locally Inuttut
 * ,, or locally Inuttut
 * ,, or locally Inuttut
 * ,, or locally Inuttut
 * ,, or locally Inuttut

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 因紐特語
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: inuitština
 * Finnish: inuitti
 * Hindi: इनुइत
 * Inuktitut:
 * Roman:
 * Syllabics:
 * Inupiaq: Iñupiatun, Iñupiaq
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: inuittisk
 * Nynorsk: inuittisk
 * Polish: inuicki
 * Portuguese: inuíte
 * Russian: инуи́тский язы́к
 * Ukrainian: інуї́тська мо́ва, інуї́тська

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.

Translations

 * Czech: inuitský
 * Danish: inuitisk
 * French:
 * Hindi: इनुइत
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: inuittisk
 * Nynorsk: inuittisk
 * Polish: inuicki
 * Portuguese: inuíte
 * Russian: инуи́тский
 * Ukrainian: інуї́тський

Usage notes
The collective term in English for the northernmost indigenous peoples of North America used to be, an exonym that has since declined in usage as greater interaction between both language groups. There is a dialect continuum stretching roughly east-west, Alaska to Greenland, of Inuit language varieties, with neighbouring regions' being mutual intelligible but farther separated groups having less linguistic overlap—vocabulary for shared concepts are usually cognates. Yupik peoples of western Alaska (and small proportion in the islands and coast of Russian Far East) speak languages closely related to those of Inuit but without significant intelligibility (unless learned). Inuit and Yupik languages comprise the family referred to as either Eskimo or Inuit-Yupik.

is the usual term in Canada (often grouped into western and eastern categories); is accepted as the continental umbrella term in Greenland but not for their of languages or group; and has gained some currency in the United States. However, continues to be the prevalent name in Alaska for both the Inuit  people and the non-Inuit. Also note that the terms and  do not include the related  people (, see also Eskaleut), nor the other Native (First Nations) peoples of the Arctic.

Many dictionaries do not list as a plural form. is usually used as an ethnonym with no singular form (like ). The need to treat as a singular has been obviated by wider recognition of its etymological singular form  in recent times.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  (people)