A few Inuit words
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iad58Angutiksaulirijut
Sleeping with a man’s wife while he has gone to sleep with someone else’s wife.
Sleeping with a man’s wife while he has gone to sleep with someone else’s wife.
Asak&iqtuq
Listening to one’s wife’s every whim.
Irralittuq
The estimated curved trajectory that you knew your arrow was going to travel.
Isumagijunnairvigijuq
A person who can listen to another person’s problems or confessions of wrong doing without being affected by them.
Taqtaqtut
Term used for the French language by elders. It has since been replaced by the term uiviitut by younger speakers.
Turauttuijuq
Someone who heard there were animals in a certain place and went there and didn’t find any.
Ungumajuq
To guard or watch over something, such as a child or meat.
—Jarich Oosten, Frédéric Laugrand (eds), Travelling and Surviving on Our Land
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Date: 21 Feb 2026 11:12 (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 Feb 2026 14:01 (UTC)A game of chase called “being like wolves” (similar to British Bulldog) played by people of all ages. Young men liked it because it gave them an excuse to chase the girl they were interested in. Young women liked it because they got to see who was interested in them. Old women liked it because it gave them a chance to run around. Young children liked it because they got to see who they could outrun.
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Date: 21 Feb 2026 20:26 (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 Feb 2026 20:52 (UTC)