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Malamute

2 stages from Inupiat to English.

Today it means a large, powerful Arctic sled dog breed
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Mahlemut
Inupiat · ancient
"the Mahlemut people"
the name of an Alaska Native people known for their sled dogs
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malamute
English · 1800s-1900s
"a large Arctic sled dog breed"
adopted for the sled dog breed developed by the Mahlemut people
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