Introduction-E

Illunnguaq
A ring of stone, used as a “house” when
children were playing.
Ingiiqsauti
The area of the lower back.
Ingirrattiji
The driver of a dogteam.
Inuksuk
Astone marker built up almost in the shape
of a person.
Inurajat
Non-human people-like entities.
Inuujait
Small homemade dolls formerly of antler,
now of wood.
Iqqullik
To make a request for a child or a spouse.
Iqqullirauti
The object that was hidden and sought, in a
form of the hide-and-seek game.
Iqqut
The bone trim around the window of a
qarmaq.
Itsimajaujuq
Someone who was not treated well.
Kamik
Sealskin boot, any footwear.
Kangivaq
To go towards the head of an inlet or sound.
Kangivaqtuq
The term used by the people of Pangniqtuuq
to indicate that one is
travelling to Pangniqtuuq from Iqaluit.
Kilingajuq
A man who had to follow rules when his
wife was pregnant.
Kilirnait
Thin grasses.
Killuusirngat
A blade which is made from the sharp metal
of a saw blade.
Kimmuattuq
The term used by the people of Pangniqtuuq
to indicate that one is travelling from
Pangniqtuuq to Iqaluit.
Kiniqsiiniq
Husbands following some of the rules of the
wife as she was menstruating.
Kisuliaq
Qualities bestowed on a child by a midwife.
Kullutanittuq
[Pangniqtuuq] When you hold your thumb
up to the horizon, light is visible below the
thumb and the sun is visible above it. The
month equivalent to February.
Kussasuk-
Be ill-at-ease.
208 Introduction to the Oral Traditions