Word origins

• kayakA type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck.
• NunavutA territory in northern Canada. Capital: Iqaluit.
• InuitA member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.
• iglooA dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
• uluAn all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women.
• IqaluitThe capital city of Nunavut, Canada.
• kamikA mukluk.
• SednaThe Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals.
• NunavikThe northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada.
• nanookA polar bear.
• chimoHello; goodbye.
• TootooAn Inuit surname.
• inukshukA structure of piled stones, used as a landmark and traditionally constructed by the Inuit, often resembling a humanoid figure.
• InukA member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule.
• ArviatA hamlet in Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada, on the west coast of Hudson Bay; the third largest community in Nunavut, the largest community near the geographic centre of Canada.
• KuujjuaqA northern village, the seat of Kativik, Quebec, Canada
• AglukarkA surname from Inuktitut.
• AglukkaqA surname from Inuktitut.
• AmagoalikA surname.
• angakkuqAn Inuit shaman.
• angatkuqAn Inuit shaman.
• AupalukA northern village in Kativik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
• igunaqAn Inuit delicacy made by burying meat and fat which decompose for consumption the following year.
• iktsuarpokThe feeling of anticipation while waiting for someone to arrive, often leading to intermittently going outside to check for them.
• InnuitianSynonym of Inuit. Pertaining to the Inuit.
• Inuit NunangatThe collective name of the territories of the Inuit in Canada, including the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, the federal territory of Nunavut, the Nunavik region in northern Quebec, and the Nunatsiavut region in Labrador.
• IqalungmiutOne or more inhabitants of Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay).
• kamotikAn Inuit-style sleigh or sled
• KangiqsualujjuaqA northern village in Kativik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
• KativikA regional government and statistical region of Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. Seat: Kuujjuaq
• KimmirutA hamlet in Nunavut, Canada.
• KiviuqA legendary hero in Inuit epics.
• komatikA rawhide-lashed sledge with wooden crossbars and runners, first invented and used by the Inuit of Northern Canada, but since used also by non-Inuit people.
• KugaarukA hamlet on a stream on the Simpson Peninsula that enters Pelly Bay in Nunavut.
• kunikSynonym of Eskimo kiss.
• NunatsiavutAn autonomous area in northeastern Labrador in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, claimed by the Inuit.
• NunatukavutAn unrecognized Inuit territory in Labrador, inhabited by the Inuit-Metis or Labrador Metis, which encompasses Southern Labrador from the Grand River south to Lodge Bay and west to the extent of the official border between Quebec and Labrador.
• NunavimmiutA person from Nunavik.
• NunavummiuqA person from Nunavut.
• oogrukSynonym of bearded seal.
• ookpikA handicraft stuffed toy owl, often made from wolf fur, sealskin, or similar materials.
• qallunaaqNot Inuit; of European descent.
• QallunaatEuropeans, people who are not Inuit, considered as a group.
• qamutikAn Inuit sled for travelling on snow and ice.
• QaqqaqA surname from Inuktitut.
• qarmaqAn interseasonal single-room family dwelling among the Inuit people, variously consisting of a hybrid tent and igloo, or tent and sod house.
• QaujimajatuqangitInuit traditional knowledge
• QaujimanituqangitInuit traditional knowledge
• QikiqtaalukAn uninhabited island of Nunavut territyory, Canada.
• qiviutThe underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
• QuaqtaqA northern village in Kativik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
• qulliqA kudlik, a lamp used by the Inuit, consisting of a cup of soapstone filled with oil (commonly from blubber) with cottongrass or moss used as a wick.
• SalluitA village in northern Quebec, Canada.
• sednoidA trans-Neptunian object of the inner Oort cloud, that is, one with a perihelion greater than 75 AU.
• siksikSynonym of Arctic ground squirrel.
• Tallurutiup ImangaSynonym of Lancaster Sound.