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The claim that Eskimo words for snow are unusually numerous, ... calling the process by which the so-called "myth" was created the "Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax ...
There has been a long-running linguistic debate about whether or not the speakers of the Inuit–Yupik–Unangan language group have an unusually large number of words for snow. The general modern consensus is that, in multiple Inuit–Yupik languages, there are, or have been in simultaneous usage, indeed fifty plus words for snow. [80]
In Inuit religion, Silap Inua ('possessor of spirit', ᓯᓚᑉ ᐃᓄᐊ) or Sila ('breath, spirit', ᓯᓪᓚ) (Iñupiaq: siḷam iñua) is similar to mana or ether, the primary component of everything that exists; it is also the breath of life and the method of locomotion for any movement or change. Silla was believed to control everything ...
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 word was popularized by Nanook of the North, the first feature-length documentary. [citation needed]
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 ...
In Inuit mythology, Asiaq is a weather goddess (or, more rarely a god) and was quite frequently invoked by the Angakoq for good weather, for instance if spring was late it was important to content her and make sure she would send rain and melt the ice. In Greenland, she is the mother of weather, who decides the quantity and the time for snow to ...
Besides, this is an article about the myth called "Eskimo words for snow". That is the name under which the myth is known, not "Inuit words for snow". Of course, it could be made more clear in the article itself what the more politically correct terms are. Fedor 09:08, 30 January 2013 (UTC) "Inuit" (plural) is not a "politically correct" term ...
In response to the request, the word "snowclone" was coined by economics professor Glen Whitman on January 15, 2004, and Pullum endorsed it as a term of art the next day. [1] The term was derived by Whitman from journalistic clichés referring to the number of Eskimo words for snow [1] and incorporates a pun on the snow cone. [3]