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Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

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miqut- mitquiq-<br />

miqut- vi. to spoil, to make unfit for usage. Variant:<br />

maqut-.<br />

miquyaqtuq- vi. to go to urinate.<br />

mirvik n. landing strip for landing an airplane.<br />

Variant: mitchaaàvik.<br />

mirvikpak n. airfield; jet terminal. Syn:<br />

mitchaaàvik.<br />

misaiq n. dry mouth; dried up item.<br />

misak- vi. to be damp; to be slushy; to be swampy.<br />

Variant: mitchak-.<br />

misak- vt. to moisten one's lips. Variant: misraktaq-;<br />

misakpatit-; misrakpatit-.<br />

misaktiàun n. tool to moisten something. Variant:<br />

misraktiàun.<br />

misaktiq n. ice sled runners. Syn: aglu;<br />

apummaak; misaktiq; siku; sikkuk. See:<br />

misaktiq-.<br />

misaktiq- vt. to moisten. Variant: matchaktiq-;<br />

misraktiq-.<br />

misallak- vi. to be damp (enough to form snowballs).<br />

Variant: misrallak-.<br />

misaâhak n. 1) slushy top of young salt water ice.<br />

2) swamp, water-soaked ground. Syn: imaqhaq.<br />

Variant: misraâhak.<br />

misauti- vi. to become wet from slush, damp snow.<br />

Variant: mitchauti-.<br />

misigaq- n. to hop.<br />

misigi- vt. to expect.<br />

misiàaaq n. seal oil (rendered from blubber, for<br />

dipping meat). Syn: uqsruq.<br />

misiàaaq- vi. to dip in seal oil, to use seal oil as a dip<br />

for meat. See: kiñit-.<br />

misiàarriuq- vt. to make seal oil from blubber. Syn:<br />

uqsri-.<br />

misik- vi. 1) to leap straight up. Syn: nutik-. 2) to<br />

jump down from low height. Iyaalugruich<br />

misigauraqtut. The children are playing<br />

jumping off. Syn: pirik-. 3) to jump across<br />

something.<br />

misikaaàaq n. black-capped chickadee. Parus<br />

atricapillus. Variant: misikaaqqauraq.<br />

misiksri- vt. to watch over; to attend reindeer. Syn:<br />

qaunaksri-; munaqsri-.<br />

misiksriri n. reindeer herder. Syn: munaqsri.<br />

Variant: misiksrirauq.<br />

misiksruq- vi. to wait; to watch for people. Syn:<br />

iäiuq-; utaqqi-.<br />

misiktiq- vt. to jump upon something.<br />

misiq n. saliva.<br />

misuàuq n. 1) juice, soft drink. 2) wine. Variant:<br />

misruàuq.<br />

misuàuqtuun n. 1) bottle. 2) tumbler.<br />

misuiq- vi. to become pale. Variant: misruiq-.<br />

misuit- vi. to be pale. Syn: asiäuäa-. Variant:<br />

121<br />

misruit-.<br />

misuk- vi. to dip. Variant: misruk-; misruktaq-.<br />

misuktaun n. ink pen, fountain pen. Variant:<br />

misruktaun.<br />

misuligruaq n. mixture of rain and snow (becomes<br />

sleet). Variant: misruligruaq.<br />

misulik n. sleet. Variant: misrulik.<br />

misuq n. 1) the sap of tree. 2) juice from whale meat<br />

being cured (by salting, smoking, or aging).<br />

Variant: misruq.<br />

misrak n. 1) waterlogged snow, slush. 2) wet<br />

ground, swamp. 3) dampness. Variant: misak<br />

(C).<br />

misruàuq n. soft drink; juice. Syn: imiàaaq.<br />

misruit- vi. to be pale. Syn: asriäuäa-. Variant:<br />

misuit-.<br />

mit- vi. to land (of a bird or plane). Syn: mitchaaq-.<br />

mitaaàun n. joke.<br />

mitaaàutigi- vi. to joke about; to joke with.<br />

mitaaq- vt. to joke; to tell (tall) stories. Syn:<br />

sanmiraq-; sagluuqtuaq-.<br />

mitaiáaq n. 1) deep water. 2) snow, covering open<br />

water on ice. 3) foggy weather.<br />

mitait- vi. to be deep.<br />

mitautigi- vt. to deride, to make fun of. Iñuich<br />

Putu mitautigigaat. People made fun of Putu.<br />

mitautiqaq- vt. to deride, to make fun of. Iñuich<br />

mitautiqaqtut Putumik. People laughed at<br />

Putu.<br />

mitauttu- vi. to mock often, to mock much.<br />

mitchaaàvik n. airport, airfield, landing strip. Syn:<br />

mirvik.<br />

mitchaaq- vi. to land (of an airplane). Syn: mit-.<br />

mitchauraq n. decoy (duck, goose, etc.).<br />

mitchiq- vi. to become damp, to become wet.<br />

mitchiuq- vt. to lie in wait for ducks. See: iäiuqâiq-;<br />

itchuq-.<br />

mitchuq- vi. to have just landed.<br />

mitiglaaq- vi. to bounce, to hop. Syn: qipsak-.<br />

mitiglagaqtuaq n. grasshopper, locust.<br />

mitigligaun n. bone catapult used for hurling stones.<br />

mitigrak- vi. to bounce, to rebound; to ricochet.<br />

mitilugruaq n. emperor goose. Philacte canagica.<br />

mitiq n. male eider duck. Syn: aànaviaq.<br />

mitlik n. whittling knife (long knife with curved steel<br />

blade for carving on inside of skin boat frame).<br />

mitäaq- vi. to wiggle around.<br />

mitqiáuaqqi- vi. to lose hair (of skin being used as a<br />

mattress).<br />

mitqitqik n. 1) fur-shedding animal. 2) fur, shed from<br />

an animal.<br />

mitquiq- vt. to remove hair (body or animal hair); to<br />

scrape hair off skin. Syn: amiiàruk-; aäula-;<br />

ikuk-; kiáigaq-; kiááiuqtaq-; mamiiq-;

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