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Archivesinuit name 'OLEMAUN' s meaning
Once, i read a book
'Fatty Legs: A True Story'
by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton.
and i discovered the name
of inuit name 'OLEMAUN'
in this book,
so i'm looking for the
this name's etymological meaning
and gender.
does anybody know what inuit name
'OLEMAUN' means?
'Fatty Legs: A True Story'
by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton.
and i discovered the name
of inuit name 'OLEMAUN'
in this book,
so i'm looking for the
this name's etymological meaning
and gender.
does anybody know what inuit name
'OLEMAUN' means?
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Replies
It means poo
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Olemaun is the stone that is used to sharpen the half moon knife called an Ulu
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Olemaun means a certain rock.
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Hard as a rock
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the meaning of olemaun is the
sharp rock blade which is used
in the Alaskan knife called an
Ulu or Uloo
search up the knife 'Ulu' on
google and you'll
see it for yourself
hope this helps :D
sharp rock blade which is used
in the Alaskan knife called an
Ulu or Uloo
search up the knife 'Ulu' on
google and you'll
see it for yourself
hope this helps :D
1
According to the author, her name Olemaun represents a word meaning "the stone that sharpens an ulu", a flint knife. Presumably it's Inuvialuktun, but the spelling is not that used either currently or traditionally and is suspiciously similar to the former name of the place she was born, Holman Island, now Ulukhaktok. The actual Holman Island is a short distance (about 5 km) south of Ulukhaktok, but was the nearest named place to the community.
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i don't know sorry :(
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this is a great book i sugest reading it
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