Inupiaq

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Etymology

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From Proto-Inuit *aʀvǝq, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀvǝʀ. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᕐᕕᒃ (arfik), Greenlandic arfeq.

Noun

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agviq (dual agvak, plural agvigich)

  1. bowhead whale