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| agloo+ aglu+ | a breathing hole made in ice by a seal. |
| amaut+ amowt+ | a hood on a woman's parka for carrying a child. |
| angakok angekok angekkok | an Inuit sorcerer. [Inupiaq (Greenlandic) angakkoq.] |
| anorak | a skin or cloth hooded jacket worn by Eskimos and so by others in polar regions; a similar weatherproof garment worn elsewhere. [Inupiaq (Greenlandic) annoraaq.] |
| atigi+ | a kind of PARKA worn in Canada. |
| chimo | a word used as a greeting. |
| comatik komatik | a sled with wooden runners. [Inuit qamatik]. |
| igloo iglu | a snow house. [Inupiaq iglu, house]. |
| inukshuk+ | a stone used to mark a location: pl. INUKSHUK or INUKSHUIT. |
| kaiak kayak kyak | a type of canoe; kaiak and kayak, but not kyak, can be used as verbs: to travel by kaiak or kayak. |
| kamik | a knee-length sealskin boot. |
| kudlik+ | a soapstone seal-oil lamp. |
| malamute malemiut malemute | an Alaskan sled dog. [Inuit malimiut]. |
| mucluc mukluk muckluck | a type of sealskin boot. |
| muktuk | whale skin used for food. [Inupiaq maktak.] |
| nanook+ | a polar bear. |
| nunatak | a point of rock appearing above the surface of land ice. Pl. NUNATAKS or NUNATAKER. [Inupiaq (Greenlandic) nunataq.] |
| oomiac oomiak oomiack umiac umiak umiaq umiack | a type of canoe. |
| pingo | a cone-shaped mound with an ice core. Pl. PINGOS or PINGOES. [Inupiaq pinguq nunatak.] |
| qiviut | the fine, soft, light-brown under layer of hair on the musk ox; yarn spun from this hair. [Inupiaq, pl. of qiviuq.] |
| topek tupek tupik | an Inuit animal-skin tent. [Inupiaq tupiq.] |
| tuktoo+ tuktu+ | a caribou. |
| ulu | an Eskimo knife. [Inupiaq]. |