English
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Etymology
From Inuktitut ����� (inuksuk), literally �in the likeness of a human� (plural inuksuit, ������).
Noun
en-noun
- A structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure and traditionally constructed by people of the Inuit tribes.
#: The symbol of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics is an inukshuk.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 140:
#*:This is a miniature copy of an inukshuk that actually stands up on a ridgeline far away in the interior, rocks piled in roughly the shape of a human, not to threaten the stranger but to guide him in country where landmarks are either too few or too many to keep straight.
Inuktitut
Noun
inukshuk (plural inuksuit)
#In the likeness of a human being.
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