User:-sche/German terms of Eskimo-Aleut origin

This list includes common nouns which originated from Eskimo or Aleut languages, it does not include the names of tribes or places. If a common noun is also the name of a tribe or place (e.g. "Mohawk"), this is noted, however.

from Aleut languages edit

from Eskimo languages edit

from Inuit languages edit

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Greenlandic edit

Inuktitut edit

  • chimo — "hello, goodbye" (a salutation, now generally used ironically) — Inuktitut ᓴᐃᒧ (saimo, goodbye; peace be with you)
  • igloo — "durable dome-shaped shelter constructed of blocks cut from hard snow" — Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo) (contrast "quinzhee")
  • inuksuk (also: inukshuk) — "structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure" — Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ (inoksok, in the likeness of a human)
  • kamik — "mukluk, soft knee-high boot" — Inuktitut ᑲᒥᒃ (kamik, boot, shoe, footwear)
  • ookpik — "handicraft toy stuffed owl, often made from wolf fur, sealskin or similar materials" — Inuktitut ᐅᒃᐱᒃ (okpik, snowy owl)
  • Tiktaalik (sometimes: tiktaalik) — "taxonomic genus within the subclass Tetrapodomorpha", "member of this genus: an extinct fish which evolved to walk on land" — Inuktitut tiktaalik (shallow-water fish)
Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
Western Canadian Inuktitut
  • der/das Kajak — "small boat powered by the occupant(s) using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position" — Western Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, man's boat; kayak; canoe)
  • umiak — "large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame, propelled by paddles" — Western Canadian Inuktitut ᐅᒥᐊᖅ (omiaq, women's boat; sealskin boat; boat)

Inupiak edit

  • malamute — "particular breed of husky dog" — so called after the people who bred them, known in Inupiaq as malimiut
  • masu — "Hedysarum alpinum, which has an edible root" — Inupiaq ᒪᓱ (masu, edible root)
  • tupik — "tent-like type of Native American dwelling made from animal skins, used by the Inuit in the summer" — Inupiaq ᑐᐱᒃ (tupik)
  • qargi — "traditional, large, semisubterranean men's communal house, in which communal and ceremonial events are hosted, kashim" — Inupiaq qargi (synonymous with "qasgiq")

from Yupik languages edit

specific language unclear edit

Central Siberian Yupik edit