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Inuinnaqtun\English Dictionary by Nunavut Arctic College (NAC)

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qaajuqtuq<br />

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qaajuqtuq (living thing) is cold<br />

qaajurnaqtuq (see iijjii, alappaaqtuq) cold;<br />

weather is ___<br />

qaalluviaq main heart artery; aorta<br />

qaamiutaq snow platform around outside of igloo<br />

qaangani on its top; above<br />

qaangiqtaa (see apquhaaqtaa) overtakes him/her/it;<br />

passes him/her/it<br />

qaaq (pl.qajjat) (see aalliniq, alvat) top<br />

bedcover made of caribou skin<br />

qaatiqtuq peels off<br />

qablu (also qaplu) eyebrow<br />

Qablunaaq (also Qaplunaaq) a white person<br />

Qablunaatun (also Qaplunaatun) English language<br />

Qablunaavjak (also Qaplunaavjak) person of mixed<br />

blood, part white<br />

qaffaktaqtuq (also qaphaktaqtuq) blinks both eyes<br />

qaffinik ukiuqaqqa (also qaphinik) how old is she/he/it<br />

qaffinik ukiuqaqqin (also qaphinik) how old are you<br />

qaffit (also qaphit) how many<br />

qagaaqtuq waves are cresting; whitecaps<br />

qagaqtaun firing pin of a gun; bomb<br />

qaijuq comes<br />

qajagijuq is careful<br />

qajainnaq small boat<br />

qajangnaqtuq is dangerous because it could injure;<br />

fragile; requires careful handling<br />

qajaq kayak; canoe<br />

qajaqtuqtuq goes <strong>by</strong> canoe; goes <strong>by</strong> kayak<br />

qakipqajuq seal is lying on the ice surface<br />

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