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Inuinnaqtun\English Dictionary by Nunavut Arctic College (NAC)

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kaaktuq<br />

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kaaktuq is hungry<br />

kaapi (also kaaphi/kaaffi) coffee<br />

kaapiliut coffee pot<br />

kaavjiq tip of parka hood<br />

kablaq bearberry<br />

kahaktaa barely touches him/her/it; grazes<br />

him/her/it<br />

kaimalluriktuq circle<br />

kaipiktijjutijuk they two miss each other <strong>by</strong> going in<br />

different directions, or at different times<br />

kaiptaq spinning top<br />

kaivaluaqtuq spins around; goes around something<br />

kaivittuq spins; swirls<br />

kaivjaqtaa coils it; spins it around something<br />

kajangnaqtuq is dangerous because it could injure<br />

kajumiittuq is slow<br />

kajumiktuq is fast<br />

kajuqtuq (see marlungajuq) red fox; brown<br />

kakaktuq carries something on his/her/its shoulders<br />

kakilahaaq the feeling of having pins and needles<br />

kakilahaijuq gets pins and needles in a limb<br />

kakilahak smelt (fish)<br />

kakillarnaq thorn<br />

kakiniq facial tattoo<br />

kakivak (see nuijaaqpak) leister; three-pronged<br />

fishing spear<br />

kakkiijaun/kakkiijaut/kakkiijauti tissue; kleenex<br />

kakkiktuq blows his/her/its nose<br />

kakkiliqtaqtuq (see niurmiktuq) sniffles<br />

kakkiviaq upper lip and groove under nose<br />

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<strong>Nunavut</strong> <strong>Arctic</strong> <strong>College</strong>

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