muktukとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᒪᖅᑕᖅ (maqtaq) and Inupiaq maktak (“whaleskin with attached blubber”). Spelling influenced by English muck and tuck.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmʌktʌk/

名詞

muktuk (usually uncountable, plural muktuks)

1. The skin and blubber of a whale, traditionally used as food by the Inuit.
   • 2003, Stan Jones, White Sky, Black Ice:

     "Nathan, my baby!" Martha said. "Come get your muktuk! This my Cousin Clara, Clara Stone."

   • 2006, Nancy Gates, The Alaska Almanac: Facts about Alaska, page 130:

     The two species of whale from which muktuk is most often sliced are the bowhead and the beluga, or white whale.