Introduction-E
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Introduction-E
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Aujallarik<br />
Real summer in the month of August in<br />
Pangniqtuuq.<br />
Aujaq<br />
Summer, corresponds to end of July-August<br />
– early September in Iglulik.<br />
Aupallattuq<br />
A caribou calf with fur turning brown.<br />
Avataatsiaq<br />
[Pangniqtuuq] A star located behind the<br />
Ujjujjuuk used to tell time and direction.<br />
Avataq<br />
A float formerly made of an inflated seal<br />
skin.<br />
Avunniit<br />
[Iglulik] The month of “seal pups born<br />
early.” The month equivalent to March. (In<br />
Arviat it refers to caribou calves.)<br />
[Mittimatalik] ikiaqpavvik.<br />
Avunniq<br />
Something that is born early (premature).<br />
Avutijuq<br />
Moving away from the person one has been<br />
living with, to live on one’s own.<br />
Igunaujannguaq<br />
Agame in which the person in the centre<br />
tries to remain stiff. He is held in place by the<br />
feet of the people who are sitting in a circle.<br />
He is passed around hand over hand.<br />
Whoever drops him is the next “frozen<br />
walrus carcass.”<br />
Iirngaaq<br />
Throat-singing (a term used only in some<br />
communities); in others it is Piqqusiraarniq,<br />
[Iglulik], Qiarvaaqtuq [Arviat], Katajjaq,<br />
[Nunavik and South Baffin]. Katajjaq is<br />
becoming the most commonly used term.<br />
Ijirait<br />
(Legendary) invisible people; when<br />
Uinigumasuittuq sent her dog children off,<br />
these are the ones who remained in the land<br />
of the Inuit but are not visible to them except<br />
in the form of caribou; also Ijiqqat.<br />
Ikiaqpavvik<br />
[Mittimatalik] The sun is higher in the sky<br />
but still not too high. The month equivalent<br />
to March. [Iglulik] Avunniit.<br />
Iksirarjuaq<br />
A Catholic priest.<br />
Iksutit<br />
Heather; also qijuttaat.<br />
Iksuut<br />
[Mittimatalik] The month of “the sound of<br />
rushing of water as the rivers start to run.”<br />
The month equivalent to July. [Iglulik]<br />
Saggaruut.<br />
Illauq<br />
Afoetus still inside the mother.<br />
Illukitaaq<br />
Juggling.<br />
Illukuluk<br />
Cousin [Pangniqtuuq].<br />
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