[net.nlang] Sex is Funny to Eskimos - need clarification

bandy@lll-crg.ARpA (Andrew Scott Beals) (02/03/86)

>In article <548@hounx.UUCP> kort@hounx.UUCP writes:
>>I am told that the Eskimo word for "sex" is "iglavtiriwok".
>>I am also told that the Eskimo word for "laughter" is "iglavtiriwok".
>>Well, at least *some* cultures think sex is funny.
>>--Barry Kort

I've heard this not about "ig.*wok", but about "nookie".

Do any of you net.nlang folks have the definitive answer?
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