User:-sche/German terms of Eskimo-Aleut origin

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

 * der/die Parka — "long jacket with a hood, which protects the wearer against rain and wind" — from 🇨🇬, from, from

specific language unclear

 * der Kabloona / Kabluna (rare) — "(in Canada or Greenland) non-Inuit person (especially if European)" — via 🇨🇬 from Eastern Canadian 🇨🇬 or  (an older spelling of ) or a combination of both
 * der/die/das Muktuk (rare) — "whale skin and blubber (as used as a food by the Inuit)" — (probably via 🇨🇬) from Western Canadian 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬
 * der Pingo — "hydrolaccolith, mound of earth-covered ice" — from or 🇨🇬 pingu:
 * der Tupilak (uncommon) — "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) ᑐᐱᓚᒃ:


 * below this line = not done

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" — 🇨🇬


 * 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")


 * der/das Kajak — "small boat powered by the occupant(s) using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position" — Western Canadian 🇨🇬


 * umiak — "large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame, propelled by paddles" — Western Canadian 🇨🇬

Inupiak

 * malamute — "particular breed of husky dog" — so called after the people who bred them, known in 🇨🇬 as
 * 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 qaspeq:
 * qasgiq — "traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted, kashim" — from a 🇨🇬 language term qasgiq: (synonymous with "qargi")

Central Siberian Yupik

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