Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

napa- nasaiäaruaàruk
napa- vi. to stand upright.
napaaqtuayaaq n. young tree, small tree.
napaaqtuàmiu n. woodland person, inhabitant of
arboreous area. See: nunaaqqiàmiu; nunamiu.
napaaqtum aqargia n. spruce grouse. Canachites
canadensis.
napaaqtuq n. black spruce; white spruce. Picea
mariana; Picea glauca.
napaatchak n. game of darts.
napaatchak- vi. to play a dart game.
napammaaài- vi. to be grounded, to be established.
naparaàaaq- vi. 1) to execute somersaults. Syn:
uivraluktaq-; ukpitaq-. Variant: naparaq-.
2) to do a handstand.
naparaq- vi. to tumble over, to execute a somersault;
to tumble into water. Syn: uivraluktaq-;
ukpitaq-. Variant: naparaàaaq-.
naparuaq n. anything that is upright.
napi- vi. break (from old age; from frequent use; in
humans: lower back problems).
napiniq n. hump (deformity of a humpbacked
person); hunch.
napiäa- vi. 1) to be stooped (of age). Syn: qumaäa-.
2) to be hunchbacked. Syn: imu-.
napit- vi. 1) to become ensnared; to be trapped. 2) to
be fastened.
napittaq n. quarry, animal trapped or snared.
napliq- vt. cut in half, break in half. Putum aglaun
napliàaa. Putu cut the pencil in half.
naplu n. knee joint.
napmun quest. where to?
nappaàiaq n. 1) post for support; pole. 2) stanchion
on sled.
nappai- vt. to erect. Variant: nappaq-.
nappaluk n. humpbacked person.
nappaq- vi. to erect, to raise upright. Variant:
nappai-.
nappaqsraq n. 1) upright pole. Variant:
nappaqtaq. 2) watch tower.
nappaqtaq n. circular tent with one central pole.
nappaqtaq n. pole; something erected. Variant:
nappaqsraq.
nappaqti n. mast (of a sail boat).
nappaqutaq n. 1) stake; a pole; a trail marker; a
signpost. Syn: iáitchuqqun; tikkuun. 2) grave
marker.
nappaqutchiqiri 1) n. person who puts up stakes as
trail markers. 2) maker of gravemarkers.
nappatigiiáaq n. instability; shakiness; unsteadiness.
nappatigiit- vi. to be unstable, to be unsteady.
napuäa- vi. to be hunchbacked. See: amaq.
napuäasri- vi. to become stooped, to become
hunched (of age). Syn: auàaäasi-; imuäasri-;
punäa-; qumaäa-.
napuq- vt. to cut.
napyaaàluksiñiq n. swollen joint (from old age).
napyaaq n. bone joint; a knuckle.
naqigái- vi. to get lower; to set (of sun). See: nui-.
naqigáiuraq- vi. to dance in Iñupiaq style (sitting
position while moving arms). Lit: 'become very
low to the ground or horizon'. Syn: taliq-. See:
aààipiaq-; uyuk-.
naqisraq n. fish bait (larger than a naàiaq). It is
usually a whole small fish or a tail end of a
larger fish. This type of bait is mainly used when
hooking for mudsharks.
naqitaàun n. tie-down rope (on a sled), lashing rope.
See: akâunaapiat; tugrun.
naqitaq- vt. 1) to adjust the tie-down rope. 2) to
press down. Syn: sitquàmik-. See: ikniqtit-.
naqitaqsruq- vt. to tie down a load. Syn:
qiáiviqsruq-; saääit-. Variant: naqitaksrui-.
naqittaànaq n. piano, organ.
naqituàaq n. push buttons.
naqiulàuq n. the lower part of the top of a mountain,
hill, etc... See: nuvua.
naqsik- vi. 1) to wrinkle one's nose (saying No, or in
disapproval). Syn: iqsuk-. 2) to push one's own
nose inadvertantly (e.g. by bumping into a rope).
naqsik- vt. to push someone's nose upward to show
dislike for him/her.
naqsiäa- vi. to be pug-nosed.
naqsiäayaaq- vi. to run into a taut rope
unknowingly.
naqsiuraq n. scarf (to protect one's mouth in cold
weather); a muffler.
naqsraq n. the highest point of a mountain pass. Syn:
qaapiaq; qalliqpiaq. See: itivliq; itivyaaq.
naqsraq- vi. to travel over the mountains. Syn:
itivyaaq-.
naqtuq- vi. to be chipped.
nargiasruk- vi. to sense a dangerous event, to have a
premonition. See: nargiat.
nargiat n. foreboding, sense of impending danger.
See: nargiasruk-.
narraak n. the abdomen, the belly (encloses the
stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, and pancreas).
Syn: aqiaq.
narrak- vi. to become pregnant; to get a distended
belly. Syn: narri-; siäaiyau-; iññi-. See:
iáummiutchiq-.
narranäu- vi. to have a stomach ache; to have an
abdominal cramp.
narri- vi. to be pregnant. Syn: narrak-; siäaiyau-.
See: iáummiutchiq-.
narvaq n. lake. Syn: narvauraq.
narvauraq n. small lake. Syn: narvaq.
nasaiäaruaàruk n. 1) Bonaparte's gull. larus
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