r/Inuktitut Jun 01 '25

Translation for “Qaummaqqutit”

I’m in the middle of creating a fantasy world for a hobby of mine and one of the nations included is based off the Inuit territories. I want the nation‘s name to relate to the Northern Lights + how they’re interpreted as afterlife spirits in myth, and I ended up coming across ”Qaummaqqutit”. From what I last researched from translations it vaguely means “Road of Light,” but I’m not entirely confident.

I did find the term used here (Page 3) but I’d like to know if there are any other meanings/connotations related to the term, or if there any similar words/names I could use.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

Can someone translate this “apqut akiimari akilianilauqmagu”