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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUKTUK

From Inuktitut.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MUKTUK

muktuk  [ˈmʌktʌk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUKTUK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Muktuk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUKTUK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of muktuk in the English dictionary

The definition of muktuk in the dictionary is the thin outer skin of the beluga, used as food.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUKTUK


INTUC
ˈɪntʌk
stuck
stʌk
tuck
tʌk
Tue.
tʌk
tuk-tuk
ˈtʌkˌtʌk
unstuck
ʌnˈstʌk
untuck
ʌnˈtʌk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUKTUK

muirburn
mujaheddin
mujahedeen
mujahedin
mujahideen
mujik
Mukden
mukhabarat
mukhtar
mukluk
mulatta
mulatto
mulattress
mulberries
mulberry
Mulberry Harbour
mulberry tree
mulch
Mulciber
mulct

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUKTUK

auk
bouk
Datuk
douk
euk
Kirkuk
Marduk
mukluk
neuk
Norodom Sihanouk
padauk
padouk
Pamuk
Seljuk
souk
taluk
uk
Volapuk
yuk
zouk

Synonyms and antonyms of muktuk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «muktuk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUKTUK

Find out the translation of muktuk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of muktuk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «muktuk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

muktuk
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

muktuk
570 millions of speakers

English

muktuk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

muktuk
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

muktuk
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

muktuk
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

muktuk
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

muktuk
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

muktuk
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Muktuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

muktuk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

muktuk
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

muktuk
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Muktuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

muktuk
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

muktuk
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुक्ता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

muktuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Muktuk
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Muktuk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

muktuk
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muktuk
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Muktuk
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

muktuk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Muktuk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Muktuk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of muktuk

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUKTUK»

The term «muktuk» is normally little used and occupies the 146.562 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUKTUK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «muktuk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «muktuk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about muktuk

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUKTUK»

Discover the use of muktuk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to muktuk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears
But every year, the festivities come under a shadow cast by Irving and Muktuk, two polar bears whose badness is equaled only by their thick-headedness. These bears are muffin-pilferers of the worst kind.
Daniel Pinkwater, 2001
2
Bad Bears in the Big City: An Irving & Muktuk Story
Irving and Muktuk have arrived from Yellowtooth in the frozen North to their new home in the Bayonne, New Jersey, zoo.
Daniel Pinkwater, 2006
3
Bad Bears Go Visiting: An Irving & Muktuk Story
Irving and Muktuk, two polar bears, enjoy themselves so much when Larry comes to visit them that the next time they escape from the zoo in Bayonne, New Jersey, they decide to pay a visit themselves.
Daniel Manus Pinkwater, 2007
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The Alaska Almanac: Facts about Alaska
The two species of whale from which muktuk is most often sliced are the bowhead and the beluga, or white whale. The outer skin layers consist of a corky protective layer, the true skin and the blubber. In the case of beluga muktuk, the outer ...
Nancy Gates, 2006
5
Native Americans in Comic Books: A Critical Study
Muktuk VVolfSbreatb: Hardboiled Shaman (DC Comics/Vertigo, August 1998) This three-part miniseries from Vertigo is quite a well-written and well-illustrated treat. However, it is debatable whether this comic book should be discussed here .
Michael A. Sheyahshe, 2008
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Bad Bears and a Bunny: An Irving and Muktuk Story
Although they intend to live up to their notorious reputations when they are invited to a fancy hotel party, polar bears Irving and Muktuk end up behaving themselves when a scary bunny shows up.
Daniel Manus Pinkwater, 2005
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Muktuk
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Muktuk (various spellings; see below) is the English word for the traditional, pre-agrarian, Inuit/Eskimo and Chukchi meal of frozen whale skin and blubber.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Isuma: Inuit Video Art
ered, with many Igloolik-area residents helping themselves to the Muktuk,just as had been done in a previous era. The skin is a dark black and the blubber a nearly white pink. Slabs of the Muktuk measuring about two feet wide and four feet ...
Michael Robert Evans, 2008
9
Cetaceousness and Global Warming Among the Inupiat of Arctic ...
MUKTUK POLITICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE For the Iñupiat, cultural survival relies upon the right to hunt whales. For now their cultural identity has been secured by political organizations that successfully defended this right. In the process ...
Chie Sakakibara, 2007
10
Muktuk Makes Itá
Muktuk is a lovable walrus who loves to practice doing forward and backward somersaults.
Sharon Greenstein, Lois Barg, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUKTUK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term muktuk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Serenity Now: Find tranquility in this verdant Alaska valley
A level of fitness is required for most of the hikes you can take around this wide open valley, unless you try the super easy Muktuk Marston Trail ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
2
The Unimagined Alaska
I never imagined taking a trip to Gambell and sharing muktuk and watching home videos with an incredible family. I never imagined being ... «Knom, Jul 15»
3
Casey Ferguson hits triple digits in two-foot high kick, just misses …
Donna Rexford won the muktuk eating contest on Thursday night at the Carlson Center. Rexford, of Fairbanks, ate her muktuk in 49.32 seconds ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
4
Seahawks raise '12th man' flag in Barrow
A 6-foot-3, 311-pounder from Middle Tennessee State, Staten had the opportunity to try muktuk earlier in the day. The 24-year-old devoured an ... «The Arctic Sounder, Jul 15»
5
WEIO events a treat for Fairbanks: Games showcase a variety of …
The ear pull has competitors linked by their ears with a loop of cord in a test of endurance and resistance to pain. And some — like the muktuk ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
6
Ride-sharing the way to go
(a) Mumpsimus; (b) Muktuk; (c) Incrassate; (d) Sternutator." I say it's: (e) Tony Abbott. Annie Lang, Kambah. CANNABIS OIL. Having read Scott ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
The renewed lure of king salmon draws urban fishermen in …
Maybe the muktuk bait will change her luck, Willie-Milligrock said. As she talked, her daughter played on the rocky banks and dozens of ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
8
Barrow wraps up whaling season
Whaling crews and helpers took turns cutting up muktuk into bite-sized pieces Monday afternoon in Barrow and inevitably, after a couple of ... «The Arctic Sounder, Jul 15»
9
Photo Essay: Tradition Of Whaling in Alaska
The skin and blubber, known as muktuk, is prized by the Inupiat, and often eaten frozen. The community says the catch helps them feed their ... «Focus News, Jun 15»
10
The new cold war The Arctic
Within minutes the front door opens and the same visitors stream out clutching small plastic bags full of whale meat or skin and blubber, muktuk ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Muktuk [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/muktuk>. Apr 2024 ».
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