Introduction-E

Amiraijaut
[Iglulik] The month when “the velvet falls
off caribou antlers.” The month equivalent to
September. [Mittimatalik] Akullirut.
Anaanattiaq
Grandmother.
Anau-
Playing baseball; also Anauligaaq-.
Angak
Mother’s brother.
Angusalluq
A male caribou about two years old.
Angusiaq
Amale delivered, or “made,” by a midwife;
they then have a kind of godmother/godson
relationship.
Aniattunik
Letting go of pain and wrongdoing.
Anijaaq-
Going out first thing in the morning after
waking up.
Aninga
Brother (archaic form for how a sister
referred to her brother).
Anngaq
Child of a female’s brother.
Anngiaqaqtuviniq
Keeping a wrongdoing undisclosed.
Aqausiit
Loving songs or words to children. Each
child has their own. Different people may
have a different aqausiq for the same child.
Everyone may pick up a mother’s or
grandmother’s aqausiq for a particular child.
Some aqausiit form a person’s identity and
get treated as though it were that person’s
name, i.e. Arnalaaq (tiny girl), Laavie
(“lovey” stretched out and given an
Inuktitut pronunciation), Banik (panik,
daughter), Arnaulluaq (just so rightfully
happened to be a girl after three boys).
Aquti
The driver of a vehicle of any kind.
Arnaliaq
A girl delivered, or “made,” by a midwife;
they then have a kind of godmother/
goddaughter relationship.
Arnaluq
A female caribou about two years old.
Asimautta
A cutting board used to measure and cut up
skins; also qiurvik.
Atii
“Let’s go.”
Atiq
Name, namesake.
Aujakasak
Early summer in the month of July in
Pangniqtuuq.
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