- a variation of Inuit.
Innuit
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In my seventy-two years on earth I had never met an Innuit and never imagined that I would.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
For instance, on looking into several unoccupied houses a native informs us "Innuit pechuk," meaning that the people are away or not at home; "Allopar" is cold, and "allopar pechuk" is hot.
From The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants by Rosse, Irving C. (Irving Collins)
Such is the normal winter dress of the Innuit women; and the summer costume, while less characteristic, varies but little in general form from that of the colder months.
From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by Larus, John Rouse
Rowland had done what no Innuit hunter will attempt—he had fought and killed the Tiger-of-the-North with a knife.
From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan
Here they might learn to imitate the Innuit, living on fish and seals and an occasional obligingly beached whale.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
Standing out in the cold talking with the young Innuits had given me a chill.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The Innuits of the South catch nearly the whole of it on its journey north, and they keep it.”
From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
My friends, the Innuits are a great people.
From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The dress of the Innuits in former days, in common with all the Eskimo tribes, consisted of skins, and in special cases of the intestines of seals.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
"We are good Karalits," was the universal rejoinder, "and now we see you are not Kablunat, but Innuits, and our friends; for you come to see us without weapons, we will do you no harm."
From The Moravians in Labrador by Anonymous
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