Es|ki|mo

Es|ki|mo «EHS kuh moh», noun, plural -mos or -mo, adjective.

–noun.

1. a member of a people living in the arctic regions of North America and northeastern Asia; Inuit. »

Usage Inuit is now the preferred term used in self-reference.

2. the language of the Eskimos: »

…willing to learn Eskimo, a language with ten thousand parts to the verb (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

–adjective.

of or having to do with the Eskimos, their language, or their culture.

╂[American English < French Esquimaux, plural, probably < Algonkian (Abnaki esquimantsec or Ojibwa askimeq “eaters of raw meat”)]