Lowlands-L: Beyond the Pale: A border-crossing guide for language learners
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A word I love: maktaq


Inuit “Maktaq

Other spellings (from the English Wikipedia):

Maktaaq (Siglitun, Kivalliq, Aivilik, North Baffin, East Baffin, South Baffin)
Maktaq (Inuinnaqtun, Natsilingmiutut [Inuvialuktun])
Mattak (Labrador, Greenland)
Mungtuk (Siberian Yupik)

English spelling: “Muktuk”
German spelling: Maktak

This is the “...word for the traditional Inuit/Eskimo meal of frozen whale skin and blubber. However, in some dialects, such as Inuinnaqtun, the word may refer only to the edible parts of the whales.” (Wikipedia)

I love it because of its onomatopoeic character. You might even hear people chewing and enjoying.

It is the very first word (right after “Mom” and “Dad”) I tought my youngest son.

Jonny Meibohm (Member of Lowlands-L)
Bremerhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany, March 25, 2008

 

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