ᓇᓄᖅ

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Inuktitut[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

(animal) ᓇᓄᒃ (nanok)

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq)

(mythology) The Master of Bears

Noun[edit]

ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq)

polar bear

Descendants[edit]

→ English: nanook

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