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Oomingmannuna

How could I resist this word, magical in its rounded sounds, even if its meaning may not give most of...

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Upirnaagiit

An Eskimo term for early Western visitors. As ships came in the spring the better to explore and exploit to...

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Nunatak

An originally Eskimo word now in general geological usage to describe ‘the ice-free spires of rock that pierce the Pleistocene...

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Quviannikumut

A glorious Eskimo word for feeling deeply happy - I wish you many moments of quviannikumut.

'Sitting high on a...

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Nuannaarpoq

Can a word change a life? This Eskimo word changed mine and made me curious about a people who could...

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Ilira

My woeful lack of awareness of Eskimo culture was helped by Lopez’ limpid writing on the Arctic. A few things...

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Perlerorneq

May you be ever spared this suffocating, madness-inducing winter depression. Lopez describes the misery or insanity it can bring on,...

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Isumataq

Barry Lopez' masterful Arctic Dreams gave me an inkling of a richly philosophical seam in the Eskimo language. If you...

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Quinuituq

Good things come to those who wait? This Eskimo word evokes a quality that purveyors of instant gratification wouldn't like,...

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Kappia

Another word embodying a form of fear. Lopez observed that Eskimos have lived with more fear than we are used...

Oomingmannuna

Upirnaagiit

Nunatak

Quviannikumut

Nuannaarpoq

Ilira

Perlerorneq

Isumataq

Quinuituq

Kappia

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