n. a kind of tupek having the appearance of an inverted oomiak, used by certain Eskimos.
See also: tupek
- 1865  [The Innuit name of it is Oo-mi-en-wa, from its resemblance to an inverted oo-mi-en.]
- 1958  And her husband, the provider, must at all times be properly shod and dressed. Often I heard her sewing machine from the depths of the oomiak-tupek as our komatik passed along.