POV or Pov (ᐱᐅᕖ, piuvii
[E9-1956](_blank)
by Zebedee Nungak
Zebedee Nungak ( iu, ᔭᐃᐱᑎ ᓄᓐᖓᖅ; ; born 23 April 1951) is a Canadian Inuit author, actor, essayist, journalist, and politician. As a child, Nungak was taken from his home in the community of Saputiligait, along with two other chi ...
, in Inuktitut Magazine #88 2000 ) (pronounced P-O-V) is an
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
surname officially assigned by non-Inuit officials to Inuit living in or near
Puvirnituq
Puvirnituq ( iu, ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,128 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Of all oth ...
(formerly known as Povungnatuk) when a person's second name or last name was too hard or long to write down for someone who did not speak
Inuktitut.
Examples
*Juani (Angutiguluk) POV (1910-1978), adopted elder brother of
Taamusi Qumaq
*Abraham (Talirunili) POV (1927-1994), sculptor
*Johnny POV (
E9-1469) (1908-1978), sculptor.
Johnny Pov
/ref> Also known as Johnny Novalinga after the surname of his wife.
See also
*Disc number
Disc numbers, or ujamiit or ujamik in the Inuit language, were used by the Government of Canada in lieu of surnames for Inuit and were similar to dog tags.
Prior to the arrival of European customs, Inuit had no need of family names, and children ...
, the identification used for Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
in the 20th century in lieu of surnames.
References
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Inuit
Inuktitut-language surnames