different between inukshuk vs inuit

English

Alternative forms

• inuksuk

Etymology

From Inuktitut ????? (inuksuk, “in the likeness of a human”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?k???k/

Noun

inukshuk (plural inukshuks or inukshuit or inuksuit)

1. A structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure and traditionally constructed by the Inuit.
   • 2004, Pamela R Stern, Historical Dictionary of the Inuit, p. 74:

     The Nunavut Territory flag bears a rendering of an inukshuk in the form of a crucifix.

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 140:

     This is a miniature copy of an inukshuk that actually stands up on a ridgeline far away in the interior, rocks piled in roughly the shape of a human, not to threaten the stranger but to guide him in country where landmarks are either too few or too many to keep straight.

   • 2008, The Globe and Mail, 6 Mar 2008 (headline):

     Inuit Inuksuit to be crafted and sold for 2010 Games.

References

• “inukshuk” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Danish

Etymology

From Greenlandic inuit (“people”), plural of inuk (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [inu?id?]

Noun

inuit c (singular definite inuitten, plural indefinite inuitter)

1. Inuit

Inflection

Synonyms

• eskimo c

Derived terms

• inuitisk

French

Etymology

From Inuktitut ???? (inuit, “the people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?it/

Adjective

inuit (indeclinable) or inuit (feminine singular inuite, masculine plural inuits, feminine plural inuites)

1. Of or pertaining to the Inuit people.

Usage notes

Variably inflected or left invariant in all forms; the official recommendation in Canada is to inflect it, and in France to leave it uninflected.

Derived terms

• inuitisation
• inuitiser

Related terms

• Inuit
• inuktitut

References

• Inuit/Inuk (Recommandation linguistique du Bureau de la traduction)

Greenlandic

Noun

inuit

1. plural of inuk

Related terms

• inuiaat

Inuktitut

Noun

inuit

1. plural of inuk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?nuit/, [i?nui?t?]

Adjective

inuit (invariable)

1. Inuit

Noun

inuit m or f (plural inuites)

1. Inuit
2. (uncountable) Inuktitut