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Kabloona
[< Esk. kablunā(k), pl. kablunet person with big eyebrows]
Arctic
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a European; white man.
See: Kadloona
The term occurs in a host of spellings (Kablunak, Kablunat, Kablunan, Kablunait, and, older, Cabluna(k), etc.) resulting from the English-speaking writers' transcriptions of various regional and grammatical variants; plural forms vary, the word being uninflected usually, but sometimes taking English -s, and, less often, Latin -ae.
Quotations
1774
Formerly, they were bold and impudent, and looked upon the Europeans as upon dogs, giving them the appellation, Kablunets, that is, Barbarians, but called themselves Innuit, which signifies men.
1823
Yet he attended very sedulously to the proceedings of the Cablunae.
1865
We now know that he remained through the next winter with the Esquimaux, and then started for the land of the Kablunas.
1922
For hours at a time they watched the crew build the kablunak's big igloo.
1962
In the past, except for the few Eskimos who worked for Kabloona agencies, there was no situation requiring the rigid scheduling of activities. . . .
1966
Chances are Eskimo mothers have never heard of baby-sitters. If they have, they've probably rejected the idea as another crazy practice of the kabluna.