Matching Names
Found 1 matching names:I
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| ▸ | Inaluk | N | Inaluk | |||
| (Gut) casings. The traditional Greenlandic culture was a hunting culture, hence a significant number of names derive from the human and animal body. Older traditional names were: Iggiaq (throat), Oqaq (tongue), Qutuk (collarbone), Tulimaaq (rib) etc. Names currently in use are: Ivalu or Ivalo (sinew or thread), Puiaq (crop or craw). Number of bearers: In Greenland: Inaluk 53 (most of these born in the 80s). In Denmark: Inaluk 26. | ||||||