ᓇᓄᖅ

Inuktitut

Alternative forms

(animal) ᓇᓄᒃ (nanok)

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nanu- (“polar bear”), from Proto-Eskimo *nanu- (“polar bear”). Cognates include Inupiaq nanuq, Greenlandic nanoq.

Proper noun

ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq)

(mythology) The Master of Bears

Noun

ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq)

polar bear

Descendants

→ English: nanook

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