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Inuinnaqtun\English Dictionary by Nunavut Arctic College (NAC)

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nippaqtuq (also nikpaqtuq) waits at seal’s breathing<br />

hole<br />

niqait gums of the mouth<br />

niqi food; meat<br />

niqikhaqtaa gets him/her/it something to eat<br />

Niqiliqivik August<br />

niqiliuqtuq (see igajuq) makes food to eat; cooks;<br />

prepares food<br />

nirijaa (also-tuq-) eats it<br />

nirijuq (also-tuq-) eats<br />

niriniaqtuq grazes; will eat<br />

niripkaqtaa feeds him/her/it<br />

nirjun/nirjut/nirjuti (see anngun) game animal<br />

nirlirnaq Black Brant<br />

nirlivik White-fronted Goose<br />

nirrit (pl. nirritit) table knife; eating utensil<br />

nirumiktuq is soft (and warm)<br />

niu leg; skin of a caribou leg<br />

niujaujuq is allowed to disembark; is let off a vehicle<br />

or boat; is dropped off<br />

niujijuq comes off/out accidentally<br />

niujjijuq allows him/her/it to disembark; lets<br />

him/her/it off a boat, out of a vehicle<br />

niujjivik (see apurvik, tulagvik) dock; unloading<br />

place; a place to disembark; landing place;<br />

a place to get off<br />

niujuq gets off a vehicle, boat; gets out of a<br />

vehicle or boat; disembarks; begins<br />

walking<br />

niuqhijuq (also imiqtuq, -tuq-, niuqqaqtuq) sips;<br />

takes a sip; drinks<br />

niuqqaqtuq (also imiqtuq, -tuq-, niuqhijuq) drinks<br />

niurmiktuq (see kakkiliqtaqtuq) sniffs; sniffles<br />

niuviqtaa buys it<br />

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niuviqtaa<br />

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