Inuktitut edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Inuit *ạʁna- from Proto-Eskimo *aʁna-. Cognate of Greenlandic arnaq, Inupiaq aġnaq and Nunatsiavummiutut annak. Possibly attested as early as 1577 in the name Egnock or Ignorth.

Noun edit

ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (Latin arnaq, plural ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ or ᐊᕐᓀᑦ)

  1. woman