ᐊᒥᖅ

Inuktitut

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ami- (“hide, skin, fish skin, tree bark”), from Proto-Eskimo *ami- (“hide, skin”). Cognate with Greenlandic ameq and Inupiaq amiġaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.miq/

Noun

ᐊᒥᖅ (amiq) (plural ᐊᒥᐃᑦ, Latin amiq)

  1. skin, pelt
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