person of thin ice

12:31 May 2, 2021 

Je pense que Edna dit simplement que c'est ainsi qu'on la qualifiait quand elle était petite (notamment sa grand-mère), elle et probablement tous les membres de sa famille, puisque c'est peut-être le nom de sa tribu, de son groupe. Les Inuits s'appellent par le nom de l'endroit où ils chassent.

12:29 May 2, 2021 

As a suffix -miut means people

A place-group, or band, consisted of families who were closely related and used a common hunting area, usually surrounding a major bay or fiord. Members of a band identified themselves by adding 'miut', meaning 'the people of,' to a prominent place in the area.
https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/aboriginal/inuit.php

Inuit identity is irrevocably and intimately bound to land as Inuit identify themselves and family groups by reference to particular locations on the land using the suffix -miut (plural) or - miutaq (singular) to mean ‘people of
https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10...

(The -miut in Utkuhiksalingmiutut is a postbase meaning “inhabitants of.” The word, translated from right to left, means “the people who live in the place where there is material for making pots.”)
https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/02/14/first-dictio...

09:48 May 2, 2021 

J'ai fait une proposition

07:10 May 2, 2021 

Plusieurs occurrences avec "from", p.e. :
Edna Elias, C.M., O.Nu was called Haattuliarmiutaq, meaning “a person from thin ice,” by her grandmother, as she was born on a fish lake in the fall.
https://edmontonheritage.ca/about/symposium/program/reclaimi...