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maktaaq

maktaaq is the alternative form of muktuk.

Meaning of muktuk

Noun

muktuk (usually uncountable, plural muktuks)

  1. (usually) The skin and blubber of a whale, traditionally used as food by the Inuit.
    • Nearly 12 hours after arrival, the whale carcass has been stripped and left for the polar bears. As tired families load up their share of meat and muktuk, I wonder just how long this tradition will continue.1990 August, Richard Olsenius, “Eskimos pull together for a whale harvest”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 29

Questions about maktaaq

What is maktaaq the alternative form of?
Maktaaq is the alternative form of muktuk.

Words near maktaaq in the dictionary

  1. makrut limes
  2. maks
  3. Maksim
  4. Maksutov telescope
  5. Maksutov telescopes
  6. maktaaq
  7. maktab
  8. maktabs
  9. maktak
  10. Maku
  11. Makua

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