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Inuinnaqtun\English Dictionary by Nunavut Arctic College (NAC)

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niuviqtuq<br />

niuviqtuq buys<br />

niuvirvik (see situa) store<br />

niuvvaajuq buys; shops<br />

nivaktaa digs him/her/it out<br />

nivaktuq digs<br />

nivinngaqtaa hangs it up (on a wall)<br />

nivinngarvik hook; hanger<br />

niviqtuq falls backward<br />

niviuvak fly<br />

niviuvarjuk small fly<br />

nivjaaqtuq (see nibliqtuq) makes a sound; makes<br />

noise; utters something<br />

nuijaaqpak (see kakivak) trident; three-pronged fish spear<br />

nuijjiijuq waits for something/someone to appear<br />

nuitajuq shows up; is visible; is showing<br />

nujaiqtuq has gone bald; has no more hair<br />

nujaittuq has no hair; is bald<br />

nujaq (pl. nujait) (see mitqut) hair on the head<br />

nujarluktuq has messy hair<br />

nujuaqtujuq untamed, wild animal<br />

nujuittuq tame, unafraid animal<br />

nukakhaq younger step-sister of a female; younger<br />

step-brother of a male<br />

nukaq younger brother of a male; younger sister<br />

of a female<br />

nukariit siblings (of same sex)<br />

nukatugaq young male caribou<br />

nukatukkaaq year old caribou calf; yearling<br />

nukaun’nguq (compare angajun’nguq; ukuaq) sister-inlaw<br />

(wife of husband’s younger brother);<br />

brother-in-law (husband of wife’s<br />

younger sister)<br />

nulaq crystals of ice (formed on boots, fishnet,<br />

sled runners, etc.)<br />

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

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