Editing Inuit languages (section)

=== Toponymy and names ===
Both the names of places and people tend to be highly prosaic when translated. ''[[Iqaluit]]'', for example, is simply the plural of the noun ''iqaluk'' "fish" ("Arctic char", "salmon" or "trout" depending on dialect<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livingdictionary.com/search/viewResults.jsp?resultsId=1349313947885ri |title=iqaluk |work=Asuilaak Living Dictionary|access-date=2011-07-19}}</ref>). ''[[Igloolik]]'' (''Iglulik'') means ''place with houses'', a word that could be interpreted as simply ''town''; ''[[Inuvik]]'' is ''place of people''; ''[[Baffin Island]]'', ''Qikiqtaaluk'' in Inuktitut, translates approximately to "big island".

Common native names in Canada include "Ujarak" (rock), "Nuvuk" (headland), "Nasak" (hat, or hood), "Tupiq" or "Tupeq" in Kalaallisut (tent), and "Qajaq" ([[kayak]]). Inuit also use animal names, traditionally believing that by using those names, they took on some of the characteristics of that animal: "Nanuq" or "Nanoq" in Kalaallisut (polar-bear), "Uqalik" or "Ukaleq" in Kalaallisut (Arctic hare), and "Tiriaq" or "Teriaq" in Kalaallisut (mouse) are favourites. In other cases, Inuit are named after dead people or people in traditional tales, by naming them after anatomical traits those people are believed to have had. Examples include "Itigaituk" (has no feet), "Anana" or "Anaana" (mother), "Piujuq" (beautiful) and "Tulimak" (rib). Inuit may have any number of names, given by parents and other community members.