Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of muktuk.
We had gone down to Point Hope to get maqtaq; that's why we had a heavy load, maqtaq and meat.
1985, Warren Neakok, To keep the past alive: the Point Lay cultural resource site survey2 more examples
Kate remembered one Inupiat girl from Point Hope who had received care packages of maqtaq from home and would hang it outside from that handle.
1995, Dana Stabenow, Play with Fire, →ISBN, page 152Special events, such as welcoming feasts for dignitaries are held when the occasion permits. Recently, one was held outside by the river near the satellite community of Apex, where a short service was held and then all ages enjoyed country food of caribou, musk ox, maqtaq, char, bannock and tea to welcome the Executive Committee of the Diocese of the Arctic who were meetinghere in Iqaluit.
2001, The Arctic News, page 64
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