different between inukshuk vs inuk

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.

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *inu?, from Proto-Eskimo *i?u?. Cognate of Inupiaq iñuk, Inuktitut ??? (inuk), and East Greenlandic iik.

Noun

inuk (plural inuit)

1. person
   • 1982 August 4, "Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq", Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten

     Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik^[sic] martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.

     The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on the firm ice [on the water] of the winter.

   • 1982, August 4, Roland Thomsen, Atuagagdliutit, issue 31, "Tasiilami aasaq",

     Inuit uummalersutut ilipput, pingaartumik umiarsualiviup eqqaani

Declension

Inuktitut

Noun

inuk (dual inuuk, plural inuit)

1. Latin spelling of ??? (inuk)