[ 'ɪnjʊɪt , 'ɪnʊɪt ]
■ noun
1》 the members of an indigenous people of northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska.
2》 the Eskimo-Aleut language of the ~.
Origin
~, plural of inuk 'person'.
Usage
The term ~ has official status in Canada, and is also used elsewhere as a synonym for Eskimo in general. However, this latter use, in including people from Siberia who are not Inupiaq-speakers, is, strictly speaking, not accurate. See also Eskimo .