Innuit
always written with double nn
Vocabulary
For comparison purposes, here are some words from the “Koksoagmyut” section of the article, along with the forms used in modern dictionaries (Spalding, based in Aivilik, and Schneider, based partly in Ungava).
myut “literally ‘those that dwell at or in’” | suffix miut, plural of miuq |
| from description of shaman doll | |
| agówak (part of shaman’s belt) | arnguaq (charm, amulet) |
ĭnug´-wak, e´nog ang´, inugwak (doll, little man) | inunnguaq: inuk with suffix nnguaq(something that resembles X; a toy X) |
kak-cung´-unt “belt of polar-bear skin (kak-cung´-unt)” | (It is unclear whether this word—which is linguisticallyimpossible—is intended for the belt or the skin. The wordkauk means the skin of a walrus, or any other thick-skinnedanimal.) |
| tu-a´-vi-tok “hastener” | verb root tuavik- |
tung ak; tung wa´gn “the great spirit” | tuurngaq (spirit, ghost) |
| from description of “dominoes” game | |
| (The two occurrences of ï in this section may be errors for ĭ,short i.) | |
| Á ma zu´ a lát (name of game) | amisuralaaq |
| “ka miú tik (sled)” | qamutiik (literally a pair of sled runners,qamut); |
| “kaiak (canoe), kalé sak (navel), á ma zut (many)” | qajaq, qalaasiq, amisut |
“a taú sïk (1), má kok (2), pïng a sut (3), si tá mût (4), and tá li mat(5)” | atausi, marruuk, pingasut, sitamat,tallimat |
| others (in alphabetical order) | |
| á va tuk “large sealskin float” | avatuq |
iglugiak, ig lú ge ak, iglu gheak (snow house) | may be igluvigaq (snow house, esp. an abandoned snowhouse) |
iti´vûk “the other, farther, distant side (of a portion ofland)” | itivik |
| ka sig yak “harbor seal” | qasigiaq (ranger or freshwater seal) |
| ki lĭn´ĭk “cut, incised” | verb root kiliq- |
| ki´gĭktag´myut “island people” | qikiqtaq |
ku-mé-u-tîk “that which removes lice” | based on kumak (louse) |
| nakvak “meaning ‘found‘” | verb root nagvaaq- (to find by accident) |
| ohak “often pronounced Okak” | uqaq |
pŭnŭk “An instrument termed snowknife” | pana |
pu-ghu´-tak (dish for oil or food) | puugutaq |
| sû hi´ nûk (the sun) | siqiniq |
| tass´iyak “like a lake” | based on tasiq (lake) |
| tá hak (shadow) | taqaq |