inukshuk

== English == === Alternative forms === inuksuk === Etymology === From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ (inoksok, “in the likeness of a human”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈnʊkˌʃʊk/ === Noun === inukshuk (plural inukshuks or inukshuit or inuksuit) A structure of piled stones, used as a landmark and traditionally constructed by the Inuit, often resembling a humanoid figure. === References === Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “inukshuk”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.