Qumaq

Qumaq ᖁᒪᖅ
Pronunciation	[qu.maq]
Gender	Both
Language(s)	Inuktitut
Origin
Language(s)	Inuktitut
Region of origin	Inuit Nunangat

Qumaq (ᖁᒪᖅ) is an Inuit given name and surname. While initially just a given name, it was recorded as a family name by the Canadian government^[1], meaning that this last name is now inheritable from parent to child. Qumaq means intestinal worms or worms from lakes^[2]^[3].

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Taamusi Qumaq (1914-1993), politician and writer. Qumaq was initially a mononym that became eventually registered as a family name.
(1954-), artist from Ivujivik.
The given name of a girl in the book Sanaaq.

References[]

^ Dorais, Louis-Jacques; Qumaq, Taamusi (2010). "Introduction". Je veux que les Inuit soient libres du nouveau. . p. 10. ISBN 978-2-7605-2580-1.
^ Schneider, Lucien (1985). "Introduction". Ulirnaisigutiit: An Inuktitut-English Dictionary of Northern Quebec, Labrador and Eastern Arctic Dialects. . p. 323. ISBN 2-7637-7065-7.
^ "Dictionnary of names". Avataq. Avataq Cultural Institute. Retrieved 2020-09-16.

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[1] Dorais, Louis-Jacques; Qumaq, Taamusi (2010). "Introduction". Je veux que les Inuit soient libres du nouveau. . p. 10. ISBN 978-2-7605-2580-1.

[2] Schneider, Lucien (1985). "Introduction". Ulirnaisigutiit: An Inuktitut-English Dictionary of Northern Quebec, Labrador and Eastern Arctic Dialects. . p. 323. ISBN 2-7637-7065-7.

[3] "Dictionnary of names". Avataq. Avataq Cultural Institute. Retrieved 2020-09-16.

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