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Friday Word: Qarmaq
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calzephyrQarmaq - noun.
Qarmats are a type of seasonal, single-room dwelling used by Inuit people. The structure may be supported by snow in winter or sod and stone in other seasons. Generally, the top was covered by canvas or animal skins.
Qarmats are a type of seasonal, single-room dwelling used by Inuit people. The structure may be supported by snow in winter or sod and stone in other seasons. Generally, the top was covered by canvas or animal skins.
By Ansgar Walk - photo taken by Ansgar Walk, CC BY-SA 2.5, Link
Wednesday Word: Ulu
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calzephyr77.livejournal.comUlu - noun.
A traditional knife carried by Inuit and other First Nations women. It's an all-purpose tool that can be used for cleaning animals to cutting food. Contemporary ulus are made from metal, but, in the past, they were made from slate.
Below is one example--Wikipedia has a few more along with traditional names for the knife.
A traditional knife carried by Inuit and other First Nations women. It's an all-purpose tool that can be used for cleaning animals to cutting food. Contemporary ulus are made from metal, but, in the past, they were made from slate.
Below is one example--Wikipedia has a few more along with traditional names for the knife.
Western Arctic style ulu Public Domain, Link
Monday word: pingo
Jun. 12th, 2017 10:01 pmersatz-read.livejournal.comA hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by pressure in an area of permafrost.
Etymology: Inuit, pingu, hill or mound. The word was borrowed by Arctic botanist Alf Erling Porsild in 1938.
Sunday Word: Iksuarpok
Mar. 6th, 2017 04:26 amtheidolhands.livejournal.comik·suar·pok [ick-swaɹ-pock]:
origin: Inuit; ᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃ.
noun
Sort of like constantly refreshing your browser to check for the arrival of an email or a dog checking out every single person who leaves a store to see if that's their person -- a specific excitement, creating a pleasantly nervous anxiety; anticipation that causes one to repeatedly check/confirm/seek.
He/She/It's coming! Are they here yet? Are they here yet?!
Considering the origin of the word, I suppose it would be hard for someone to see a white igloo, on white snow, possibly in a snowstorm. So, checking in the Arctic may be practical as well as frenetic!
origin: Inuit; ᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃ.
noun
Sort of like constantly refreshing your browser to check for the arrival of an email or a dog checking out every single person who leaves a store to see if that's their person -- a specific excitement, creating a pleasantly nervous anxiety; anticipation that causes one to repeatedly check/confirm/seek.
He/She/It's coming! Are they here yet? Are they here yet?!
Considering the origin of the word, I suppose it would be hard for someone to see a white igloo, on white snow, possibly in a snowstorm. So, checking in the Arctic may be practical as well as frenetic!
Friday word: Igloo
Jan. 22nd, 2016 03:37 pmmed_catIgloo, noun ig·loo \ˈi-(ˌ)glü\, plural igloos
: an Eskimo house usually made of sod, wood, or stone when permanent or of blocks of snow or ice in the shape of a dome when built for temporary purposes
2 : a building or structure shaped like a dome
Illustration of igloo
Etymology:
Inuit iglu house
First Known Use: 1856
And a bonus: Fifty-five English words for snow (well, snow and related terms)
Wednesday word: ᐅᓗ (ulu)
Oct. 8th, 2015 12:49 amtrellia-chan.livejournal.comulu (Plural: uluit)
Noun: An ulu is a half-moon shaped knife traditionally used by the women of the Yup'ik, Inuit, and other native tribes of the far north. It is extremely versatile and is used for a wide variety of tasks such as carving meat, skinning animals, scraping and cleaning hides, cutting blocks of ice, or even trimming human hair. It has been traced as early as 2500 BC. Originally, the blade was contructed from slate and the handle from bone, tusk, or antler. These days, the blade is usually made of steel, though the handle is often still made from the traditional materials.
Noun: An ulu is a half-moon shaped knife traditionally used by the women of the Yup'ik, Inuit, and other native tribes of the far north. It is extremely versatile and is used for a wide variety of tasks such as carving meat, skinning animals, scraping and cleaning hides, cutting blocks of ice, or even trimming human hair. It has been traced as early as 2500 BC. Originally, the blade was contructed from slate and the handle from bone, tusk, or antler. These days, the blade is usually made of steel, though the handle is often still made from the traditional materials.
Saturday Word: Kunlangeta
May. 2nd, 2015 12:55 pmtheidolhands.livejournal.comkun·lan·ge·ta [ko͞oˈlänˌɡlät]:
origin: [1976; recorded] Jane M. Murphy, Harvard University study; Yupik language of northwest Alaskan Inuit.
nouns
The Inuit/Eskimo word for "psychopath".
Explained as, “a person whose mind knows what to do but he does not do it.”
This person is also known as never improving, no matter how many times the elders talk to them -- irremediable, their motives remain selfish regardless of who or what is harmed.
It is also reputed therefore, that even in a famously peaceful society, but one even more reliant on one another for survival than our own, that when asked what is done with such an individual, the answer was, "Somebody would have pushed him off the ice when nobody else was looking.”
Problem solved.
origin: [1976; recorded] Jane M. Murphy, Harvard University study; Yupik language of northwest Alaskan Inuit.
nouns
The Inuit/Eskimo word for "psychopath".
Explained as, “a person whose mind knows what to do but he does not do it.”
This person is also known as never improving, no matter how many times the elders talk to them -- irremediable, their motives remain selfish regardless of who or what is harmed.
It is also reputed therefore, that even in a famously peaceful society, but one even more reliant on one another for survival than our own, that when asked what is done with such an individual, the answer was, "Somebody would have pushed him off the ice when nobody else was looking.”
Problem solved.
Monday word: qiviut
Jan. 12th, 2015 11:13 pmersatz-read.livejournal.comqiviut (kē′vē-ət, -o͞ot′), noun.
The soft inner wool from the undercoat of the muskox.
Etymology: from Inuit qiviuq, down or underhair.
Qiviut - or qiviuq - is said to be an extaordinary wool: soft, warm, and light.
It is said to be eight times warmer than sheep's wool.
The soft inner wool from the undercoat of the muskox.
Etymology: from Inuit qiviuq, down or underhair.
Qiviut - or qiviuq - is said to be an extaordinary wool: soft, warm, and light.
It is said to be eight times warmer than sheep's wool.
Saturday Word: Narwhal
Dec. 28th, 2013 05:20 amtheidolhands.livejournal.comIf you were a narwhal, you'd have had a very weird existence, mostly because science had decided that you never really "existed" at all - then was forced to acknowledge that you weren't mythical, however proclaiming you long extinct! Only to find out, that indeed you were not extinct (reluctantly acknowledging sightings and ergo said people's sanity), but were likely quite rare. Followed by assuming things relating to your (apparently phallic) horn and therefore gender, which have also proven inaccurate, despite infallible and unprejudiced scientists being hard on the case for hundreds of years.
Tsk, all the mix-ups seem silly when they simply could have come over for a cup of tea and just asked you! Or for bacon, the Internet has discovered (of course) that: "The narwhal bacons at midnight" -- Why not? It's as accurate as anything else ever said about them!
Narwhals: not really all that rare.
nar·whal [ˈnɑːwəl]:
origin: *Inuit; Qilalugaq qernartaq= "the one that points to the sky", (1650–60) Norse; nár= “corpse” + hvalr= "whale"
noun
Most closely related to the beluga whale, is a small Arctic whale, with a spotty grayish skin that earned it a name from sailors relating it to a "corpse". Although males and females can grow a horn (or two), it is typically a male's single spiraling tooth, which has grown to form the famous unicorn-like spear, from the animal's head, that many recognize as the whale's distinguishing characteristic.
The horn was originally assumed to be used in great sparring matches for female mates, as the males had been seen "fencing" (after proven not to be a figment of anyone's imagination of course), although the native Inuit* people (who were rarely consulted in these matters) assure that the behavior is far gentler and more like rubbing. Which stands to reason in light of a lone dentist's extensive research -- Dr. Martin Nweeia -- leading to the discovery of a great many nerve endings extending through the entirety of the horn, "pointing" to it being a giant sensory device, one likely sensitive to extensive data like temperature, tide, salinity, etc (more studies to follow). And that's...the tooth!
Don't feel too badly, NO ONE believed the first guy who showed up with a stuffed platypus either.
Honest!
Tsk, all the mix-ups seem silly when they simply could have come over for a cup of tea and just asked you! Or for bacon, the Internet has discovered (of course) that: "The narwhal bacons at midnight" -- Why not? It's as accurate as anything else ever said about them!
Narwhals: not really all that rare.
nar·whal [ˈnɑːwəl]:
origin: *Inuit; Qilalugaq qernartaq= "the one that points to the sky", (1650–60) Norse; nár= “corpse” + hvalr= "whale"
noun
Most closely related to the beluga whale, is a small Arctic whale, with a spotty grayish skin that earned it a name from sailors relating it to a "corpse". Although males and females can grow a horn (or two), it is typically a male's single spiraling tooth, which has grown to form the famous unicorn-like spear, from the animal's head, that many recognize as the whale's distinguishing characteristic.
The horn was originally assumed to be used in great sparring matches for female mates, as the males had been seen "fencing" (after proven not to be a figment of anyone's imagination of course), although the native Inuit* people (who were rarely consulted in these matters) assure that the behavior is far gentler and more like rubbing. Which stands to reason in light of a lone dentist's extensive research -- Dr. Martin Nweeia -- leading to the discovery of a great many nerve endings extending through the entirety of the horn, "pointing" to it being a giant sensory device, one likely sensitive to extensive data like temperature, tide, salinity, etc (more studies to follow). And that's...the tooth!
Don't feel too badly, NO ONE believed the first guy who showed up with a stuffed platypus either.
Honest!
theidolhands.livejournal.comku·nik (ˈkjuˌnɪk):
origin: Inuit, native peoples
noun
An Inuit word, most commonly referred to as an "Eskimo kiss" or the act of rubbing noses together (a greeting and form of affection in their culture).
thanks·giv·uk·kah (ˈθæŋksˌgɪv-ʊˌkɑː):
origin: slang from Hebrew + English
noun
A portmanteau acknowledging the first convergence of American Thanksgiving and Jewish Hanukkah since 1888. Based on the lunisolar nature of the Jewish calendar, it's not expected to happen again for another 70,000 years! Some are working on sweet potato latkes and stuffed brisket recipes as we speak.
→ see also "gobble-tov"
origin: Inuit, native peoples
noun
An Inuit word, most commonly referred to as an "Eskimo kiss" or the act of rubbing noses together (a greeting and form of affection in their culture).
thanks·giv·uk·kah (ˈθæŋksˌgɪv-ʊˌkɑː):
origin: slang from Hebrew + English
noun
A portmanteau acknowledging the first convergence of American Thanksgiving and Jewish Hanukkah since 1888. Based on the lunisolar nature of the Jewish calendar, it's not expected to happen again for another 70,000 years! Some are working on sweet potato latkes and stuffed brisket recipes as we speak.
→ see also "gobble-tov"
