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In Inuit religion, Nanook (/ ˈ n æ n uː k /; Inuktitut: ᓇᓄᖅ [1], [2] lit. "polar bear") was the master of bears, meaning he decided if hunters deserved success in finding and hunting bears and punished violations of taboos. [3]
The type species, Nanuqsaurus hoglundi, has its generic name derived from the Iñupiaq word for "polar bear", nanuq, and the Greek word sauros, meaning "lizard". The specific name honors the philanthropist Forrest Hoglund for his work on philanthropy and cultural institutions.
The first efforts to write Inuktitut came from Moravian missionaries in Greenland and Labrador in the mid-19th century using Latin script. The first book printed in Inuktitut using Cree script was an 8-page pamphlet known as Selections from the Gospels in the dialect of the Inuit of Little Whale River (ᒋᓴᓯᑊ ᐅᑲᐤᓯᐣᑭᐟ, "Jesus' words"), [4] printed by John Horden in 1855–56 ...
to hear -tsiaq- well -junnaq- be able to -nngit- not -tualuu- very much -junga 1SG. PRES. IND. NSP tusaa- -tsiaq- -junnaq- -nngit- -tualuu- -junga {to hear} well {be able to} not {very much} 1SG.PRES.IND. NSP I cannot hear very well. This sort of word construction is pervasive in the Inuit languages and makes them very unlike English. In one large Canadian corpus – the Nunavut Hansard – 92 ...
Tanfield Valley or Nanook, a Viking settlement and archaeological site on Baffin Island; Nanuk, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran; Nanook River, Victoria Island, Canada
Most of the world’s top corporations have simple names. Steve Jobs named Apple while on a fruitarian diet, and found the name "fun, spirited and not intimidating." Plus, it came before Atari in ...
from Inuktitut word for polar bear Nanuq (ᓇᓄᒃ Inuktitut pronunciation:), [116] "polar bear", made famous in English due to a 1922 documentary Nanook of the North, featuring a man with this name. Nunatak (definition) from Greenlandic Inuit nunataq [117] Tiktaalik (definition)
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