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timiak.

a birdskin jacket; a traditional Inuit jacket or shirt made from bird skins, traditionally worn with the feathers or down facing inward

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/¹ˈtiːmiak/[ˈtìː.mi.ak]/¹ˈtimːiak/alternative[ˈtìmː.i.ak]
  1. a birdskin jacket; a traditional Inuit jacket or shirt made from bird skins, traditionally worn with the feathers or down facing inward

    masculine
    Han hadde en timiak av fugleskinn under anorakken.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Greenlandic timmiaq (“birdskin jacket”), from Proto-Inuit *tǝŋmi(r)a- (“bird, small bird”), from Proto-Eskimo *tǝʁmira- (“bird, goose”). Compare the parallel borrowing Danish timiak.

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