napaaqtuq

Inuktitut

Etymology

Compare Greenlandic napaartoq (“rowan”), Inupiaq napaaqtuq (“black spruce”), Inuvialuktun napaaqtuq (“tree”).

Noun

napaaqtuq (dual napaaqtuuk, plural napaaqtuit)

1. tree

References

• napaartuq in Lucien Schneider, Ulirnaisigutiit: An Inuktitut-English Dictionary of Northern Quebec, Labrador, and Eastern Arctic Dialects