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Martin, L., ""Eskimo words for snow": A case study in the genesis and decay of an anthropological example", American Anthropologist, 88, 2, June 1986, pp. 418-423. Google
418 ;;Quote: earliest reference to Eskimos and snow; four unrelated words for snow on the ground, snow drift, falling snow, and drifting snow
419 ;;Quote: Eskimo words use a synthetic morphology to build words by suffixation; choice of suffixes varies by speaker and situation
422 ;;Quote: Eskimo uses two roots for snow itself; qanik for snow in the air and aput for snow on the ground
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