inukshuk

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Definition of inukshuk in English English dictionary

A structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure and traditionally constructed by the Inuit

This is a miniature copy of an inukshuk that actually stands up on a ridgeline far away in the interior, rocks piled in roughly the shape of a human, not to threaten the stranger but to guide him in country where landmarks are either too few or too many to keep straight.

A structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure and traditionally constructed by people of the Inuit tribes

Etymology

() From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ (inuksuk, “in the likeness of a human”).