qiviut
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ, ᕿᕕᐅᑦ (qifioq, qifiot, “underwool”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
qiviut (uncountable)
- The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
- 1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 77:
- She wants me to stay here and learn how to weave baskets and carve ivory and spin qiviut and die of boredom!
References[edit]
- ^ 2006, Nancy Gates, The Alaska Almanac: Facts about Alaska, page 185