Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

kiggiñ kiiriq
directly outside. Syn: qakma; qagga. See:
kiani, kiuäa, kiakäa (kiaääa), kiuna - see
charts.
kiggiñ n. clothespin.
kiggisi- vi. to take a bite of. See: maäiaq-.
kiggisik n. pliers, vise-grip. Syn: kiämautik.
kiggun n. answer. Variant: kiggutit.
kiggusiaq- vi. to have received answer.
kiggutait- vi. to be non-responsive, to be without
response. See: iáatchiq-. Variant: kiummatait-.
kiggutiksraq- vi. to be able to answer.
kiggutiqaâiq n. responsibility.
kiggutit n. answer. Variant: kiggun.
kigi- vt. to bite. Syn: kiämaq-; maäiaq-; ugiaq.
kigiáiq- vi. to get bitten, to sustain a bite. Variant:
kiiáiq-.
kigimmi- vt. 1) to clench one's jaws. Syn: paa-;
qiiligruk-. Variant: kiimmi-. 2) to hold
something by one's teeth.
kigiñaàiiái- vi. to grimace, to contort the face; to
wince. Syn: qugluk-; uluàiaq-. Variant:
kiiñaàiiái-.
kigiñaàiiáiq- vi. to blush from embarrassment. Syn:
kaviàáuksi-. Variant: kiiñaàiiáiq-.
kigiñaàiit- vi. 1) to be ugly. Variant: kiiñaàiit-.
2) to look sick, to look embarrassed.
kigiñaàruiñaaq- vi. to gaze, to look straight at
(person); to be face to face. Variant:
kiiñaàruiñaaq-.
kigiñaàuq- vt. to hurt someone or oneself in the face.
Variant: kiiñaàuq-.
kigiñait- vi. to become dull (of knife, ax, etc.).
Variant: kiiñait-.
kigiñaksaun n. sharpening stone. Syn: ipiksaun;
siááiñ.
kigiñaääuaq n. mask. Variant: kiiñaàuq (C).
kigiñaq n. 1) face. Variant: kiiñaq. 2) the cutting
edge of a knife, ax, etc.
kigiñaqqiñ n. plug (of ivory, bone, or wood) for
sealskin poke. Variant: kiiñaqqiñ.
kigiñaqqun n. facial soap; face cloth. Syn:
kigiñaqsiun; kiiñaqsiun.
kigiñiq n. scar from a bite. Syn: kiggiq. Variant:
kiiñiq.
kigiñiq- vt. to focus on; to face something. Syn:
saat-; saavit-; sanmi. Variant: kiiñiq-.
kigiñuq n. blade.
kigipigaq n. vertebrae. Variant: kiyipigaq;
kuyapigaq.
kigipikkat n. the spine, the backbone. Variant:
kisipikkat; kiyipikkat; kuyapikkat.
kigiq- vt. to tear apart with the teeth. Syn: maäiaq-.
kigiqsuula- vi. to feel stinging pain.
kigiraak n. pair of crimped soles. Variant: kiiraak.
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kigiraq n. crease; corrugation. Variant: kiiraq.
kigiraq- vt. to crimp a mukluk leather sole (with teeth
or with pliers). Variant: kiiraq-.
kigirauraq n. scallop, clam. Variant: kiirauraq.
kigiruatnak n. needle nose pliers. Variant:
kiiruatnak.
kigiyuk n. 1) white-fronted goose. anser albifrons.
2) dog (that bites through a restraining rope and
frees itself).
kiglasuiññaq n. neck muscles of caribou. Syn:
ivaluuraak. See: ivaluliñiq.
kigraaligaq- vi. to feel pain in the eye (from foreign
body in eye). Syn: iraàuq-; irrit-.
kigrak- vi. 1) to be sharp; to be rough (of a surface).
See: amiàáuk-; qaiàiit-. 2) to be scratchy to the
touch. 3) to scratch in the throat (of food).
kiguàayak n. northern lights. aurora borealis.
Variant: kiuàuya.
kigun n. tooth.
kigusi- vi. to teethe (of a baby), to grow teeth.
Variant: kigusri-; kigusiñiaq- (C).
kigusriqi- vi. to have a toothache. Syn: kigutinäu-.
kigusriqi- vt. to work on teeth. Variant: kigusiqi-
(C).
kigusriqiri n. dentist. Variant: kigusiqiri (C).
kigusriqqun n. toothpaste. Variant: kigutchiqqun
(C).
kigusriqqutit n. 1) toothbrush. Variant:
kigusiqqutit (C). 2) dentist's tools.
kigutaiáaq n. person without teeth.
kigutaiq- vi. to lose a tooth; to pull a tooth.
kigutigiksaaq- vi. to have good teeth.
kigutigiksaq- vt. to brush one's teeth.
kigutigiksaun n. toothbrush.
kigutinäu- vi. to have a toothache. Syn: kigusriqi-.
kigutiääuat n. false teeth, dentures.
kigvaluk n. muskrat. Ondatra zibethicus spatulata.
Syn: qiàñiq.
kii excl. see there!, see what happens when you do
that! Taatna-kii! "Like this, look!" Uvva-kii!
"Right over here!"
kiikaaqsruq- vt. to urge, to encourage. See:
kayuäiuti-; pitchuksaaq-; qapiäaisaaq-;
siimasaaq-.
kiikaluuäa- vt. to crave something, to "thirst" for
something, to hanker for something.
kiiñaàniq- vi. to be bold, to be straightforward, to
show no respect for authority. Syn: arguaäa-;
attaqsrait-; uluàiit-. See: iáisimaniraaq-;
taluqsrautaiq-.
kiiqsiuàun n. pain.
kiiqsiuq- vi. to be in much pain. Syn: atniàñaq-;
atniáuk-; saäniuq-.
kiiriq n. Canada Jay, camp robber. Perisoreus