Where does “tallimakipiaq” come from?

tallimakipiaq (Inupiaq) comes from Greenlandic tallimat, from Inupiaq t.

tallimakipiaq (Inupiaq): 100, in vigesimal counting (lit. ‘five score’)

Definitions

  1. 100, in vigesimal counting (lit. ‘five score’)

Ancestry of “tallimakipiaq”, step by step

tallimakipiaq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic tallimat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandictallimatfive
2Inupiaqt

via Inupiaq kipiaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqkipiaq

Words derived from “tallimakipiaq

Every word from Inupiaq tEvery word from Greenlandic tallimat