Definitions
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- noun Canada, historical A type of
soapstone lamp used by theInuit , aqulliq .
Etymologies
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From a variant form of Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᖁᓪᓕᖅ (qulliq), or else a variant of qulliq which developed after that word's borrowing into English.
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Canadian English, naturally enough, contains a few, familiarity with which varies greatly even among Canadians; komatik, kudlik, mukluk, muktuk, and ooloo, all of them man-made, unlike that curious upheaval of Arctic ice called a pingo.
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