ᓇᓄᖅ

InuktitutEdit

Alternative formsEdit

(animal) ᓇᓄᒃ (nanok)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Inuit *nanu- (“polar bear”), from Proto-Eskimo *nanu- (“polar bear”). Cognates include Inupiaq nanuq, Greenlandic nanoq.

Proper nounEdit

ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq)

(mythology) The Master of Bears

NounEdit

ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq)

polar bear

DescendantsEdit

→ English: nanook

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