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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