Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

niiãaqtaq nipi-
bone.
niiãaqtaq n. skin stretcher, tool for stretching (and
drying) an animal skin.
niituuyiq n. lynx. Lynx canadensis. Variant:
nuutuuyiq.
nika- vi. to lack confidence; to be apathetic. See:
payyit-; qapiäa-.
nikagi- vt. to lack confidence in someone or
something.
nikagiliq- vi. to lose one's confidence in one's
abilities.
nikaiãiq n. confidence, determination.
nikait- vi. to be confident; to be determined; to keep
trying against odds, persistent.
nikaliq- vi. to become discouraged.
nikanait- vi. 1) to be dependable. 2) to be feasible, to
seem capable.
nikanaq- vi. 1) to seem incapable. 2) to be
discouraging, to be hard to do.
nikanàiq- vi. to become encouraged; to become
confident. See: siimasaaq-.
nikanniuq- vt. to fear rejection of others.
nikatchak- vi. to surrender, to give oneself up.
nikatchaq- vi. to lose confidence in oneself.
nikisinäa- vi. to be uneven, to be unequal, as in size,
length, or quality.
nikisitaq- vt. to bend saw teeth (with a saw-setting
tool). See: kipluun.
nikisitaun n. saw-setting tool. Syn: kipluun.
nikisuàaq- vi. to have the hiccups (hiccoughs). Syn:
igusiàaq-; iisuàaq-.
nikivit- vi. to stand up. Variant: qichaq-; qikaq-
(C).
nikivraak- vi. to stand on tiptoe. See:
putukkumiraq-. Variant: nukivraak-.
niksaak- vi. to burp, to belch. Syn: qalak-.
niksaaktuäiq n. rock ptarmigan or white ptarmigan
(grouses having plumage that is brown or gray
in summer and white in winter). Lagopus mutus.
niksik n. hook; a fish hook; a lure.
niksik- vi. to be caught with a hook, to be caught
with a hook.
niksik- vt. to hook a fish. Syn: qalliqi-.
niksikpak n. large hook.
niksiksuàiaq- vi. to go hooking for fish.
niksiksuq- vt. to fish with a hook; to jig for fish.
niktiq- vt. to set out a net. Syn: ayauma-; niäitchi-.
niliànat n. beans. Syn: kumaurat.
nilik- vi. to gradually reduce in size, to become
diminished.
niliq n. flatus (gas generated in or expelled from the
digestive tract).
niliq- vi. to expel a flatus, to expel gas from the
digestive system.
nimaaq n. hoop around a wooden barrel (thick metal
ring that keeps it together). See: nimiq;
nimiàun.
nimiàiaq n. water worm, eel; serpent, snake.
nimiàun n. hoop around a wooden barrel (thick metal
ring that keeps it together). See: nimaaq.
nimiàutit n. wrappings: such as string for packages,
ribbons for wrapping; skins for wrapping a
corpse for burial; shroud; ace bandages.
nimiq n. wrapping.
nimiqsruq- vt. to wrap.
ninak- vi. to serenade. particularly true along the
Kobuk River in earlier days.
ninautit n. traditional Iñupiaq love songs.
ninäuq n. cottonwood tree. Syn: kanuääiq.
niñiq- vt. to share.
niñäiquma- vt. to insulate a door. gen. building a
wall of snow blocks about it and placing soft
snow between the wall and the building.
niäauk n. brother-in-law; son-in-law.
niäaukkit- vi. to become member of wife's family.
niäi- vi. 1) to slide (of pants). 2) to hang; to be
suspended. See: iñi-; naktit-; niviñaq-.
niäit- vi. to descend gradually, as if lowered by rope.
niäitchi- vt. to set a net, to set a trap, to set a snare,
etc. Syn: ayauma-; niktiq-.
niäivraq- vt. to catch with a lasso.
niäivraqsaun n. rope on a seining net (attached to
the shore). Syn: tulaksaun.
niäivraqtuq- vi. to corral reindeer.
niäivraun n. lasso. Lit: 'implement for catching
reindeer'.
nipaala- vi. to scream, to holler; to wail, to make
strange noises. Syn: avaala-. See: magu-;
qunu-.
nipaallaksaq- vt. to start shouting. Syn: iksaq-.
nipaiáaq- vi. mime.
nipaiáuksi- vi. to mutter. Syn: aqapiáuk-; imäaluk-;
niplia-; tusaqâiàaq-; uqapiáuk-.
nipaiãuktaq n. short eared owl. Asio flammeus.
nipaiq- vi. to become quiet, to quiet down.
nipaiqsi- vt. to quiet somebody.
nipaisaaq- vi. to be quiet. Putu taimmaiñaq
nipaisaaàaa. Putu suddenly was quiet. Syn:
nipaisaqtau-.
nipaisaqtau- vi. to be silent, to be quiet. Variant:
nipaisaaq-.
nipait- vi. to be quiet; to be noiseless.
nipauraq n. soft voice.
nipi n. 1) the voice (of humans and animals). Syn:
iàña. 2) sound (from source other than humans
or animals). Syn: iàña; sukpaluk.
nipi- vi. to set (of sun or the moon). Siqiñiq
nipipman taaqsiraqtuq. When the sun sets it
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