ᐊᒥᖅ

Inuktitut

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ami- (“hide, skin, fish skin, tree bark”), from Proto-Eskimo *ami- (“hide, skin”). Cognate with Greenlandic ameq and Inupiaq amiġaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.miq/

Noun

ᐊᒥᖅ (Latin amiq, plural ᐊᒦᑦ)

1. skin, pelt