En cualquier caso mi oráculo particular, Cecil "The Straight Dope" Adams da un abuena explicación al tema (en www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_297 ): COpio: "The problem with trying to pin down exactly how many Eskimo words there for snow and/or ice--or for anything, for that matter-- is that Eskimo is what is called a "polysynthetic" language, which means you sort of make up words as you go along, by connecting various particles to your basic root word. For example, we may add the suffix -tluk, bad, to kaniktshaq, snow, and come up with kaniktshartluk, bad snow."