English
Okak
Okak comes from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut oĸaĸ ‘tongue’.
- Eastern Canadian Inuktitutmodernoĸaĸ‘tongue’
- EnglishtodayOkak
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Eastern Canadian Inuktitutmodernoĸaĸ‘tongue’
- EnglishtodayOkak
The story
The settlement was named after Okak Bay, which is shaped roughly like a tongue.
Every English word from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut oĸaĸ
Today it means
name A ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.