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maktak

maktak 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 maktak

What is maktak the alternative form of?
Maktak is the alternative form of muktuk.

Words near maktak in the dictionary

  1. Maksutov telescope
  2. Maksutov telescopes
  3. maktaaq
  4. maktab
  5. maktabs
  6. maktak
  7. Maku
  8. Makua
  9. Makueni
  10. makuk
  11. makuks

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