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INNUITONYM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
OBS

innuit also inuit: the Eskimo people of America as distinguished from the Eskimo people of Asia ...: the language of the Innuit people.

OBS

-onym: name.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
CONT

[Un] esquimaunyme aurait été plus respectueux de la culture principale au détroit d'Hudson.

OBS

esquimau: habitant des terres arctiques de l'Amérique et du Groenland. Relatif à ces habitants.

OBS

-onyme, -onymie, -onymique: Eléments du gr. "ônumos", de "onoma" «nom».

Spanish

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