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Muktuk

2 stages from Inupiaq to English.

Today it means a traditional Arctic food of whale skin and blubber, often eaten raw or frozen

Where does the word "muktuk" come from? It comes from Inupiaq maktak, adopted directly into English (1830s).

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Stage 1 of 2
maktak
Inupiaq · pre-1800s
"whale skin and blubber"
named the traditional food of whale skin and blubber
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Stage 2 of 2
muktuk
English · 1830s
"whale skin and blubber eaten as a traditional Arctic food"
borrowed by whalers and explorers in contact with Inuit and Iñupiat communities
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