Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

niuqtuun nuààayuat
niuqtuun n. drill. Variant: niuàaun; pattaq.
niuri- vt. to unload. Syn: usiiyaq-. Variant: niu-.
niuviq n. trading partner.
niuviàiik trading partners (two).
niuviq- vt. 1) to redeem; to ransom. 2) to barter; to
buy.
nivak- vi. to dig.
nivaäniq n. hole that has been dug in the ground.
Variant: nivaaq.
nivguq n. fish slime. Syn: yuvàuq.
nivguq- vi. to be slimy (of fish). See: yuvàuq-.
nivàallak- vi. to fall and land on one's rump bone.
Variant: niàvalaq-.
niàvallaksima- Syn: tullautaq-.
nivàallauraaq- vi. to lie with one's hands behind the
head. Syn: niviqsimaaq-.
nivi n. 1) Eskimo potato (masru stored up by mice).
Syn: masru. 2) lemming's cache; mouse cache
of masru and other mice food. Syn: pikniq;
piäniq. Variant: nivit.
nivi- vi. 1) to be lured, to be attracted (by bait, as
game animal). 2) to have lint on clothing. Syn:
sanillak-; sannak-. See: sanäu-.
niviaqsiaàruk n. girl before puberty; a little girl.
niviaqsialugruaq n. little girl.
niviaqsiaq n. nubile girl (marriageable age).
niviaqsiàaq n. young unmarried woman; teenage
girl.
nivigaq- vt. to scrutinize from all sides; to investigate.
nivinniaq- vi. to look for "Eskimo potatoes" (storage
mounds of mice).
niviñaq- vi. to compact, to get damp enough to
compact (of snow). Syn: nivviàiksi-.
niviñaq- vt. to hang, to suspend. Syn: iñi-; naktit-.
See: niäi-. Variant: niviñauraaq-;
niviäauraaq-; niviäaq-.
niviñaqqun n. item hanging from the ceiling.
Variant: niviäaqqutaq.
niviñautaq n. rope or hook for hanging something
(carcass, pot over fire, etc). Variant:
niviäautaq.
niviäa- vi. to be hung (to be attached from above
with no support from below). See: niviñaq-.
niviäalutaq n. item hanging from a garment (thread,
etc.).
niviäaq- vt. to hang, to suspend. Variant: niviñaq-.
niviäaqqutaq n. 1) red.currant. ribes triste. 2) item
hanging from the ceiling. Variant: niviñaqqun.
niviääaun n. hanger; a hook; a strap for hanging.
niviääautaq n. rope or hook for hanging something
(carcass, pot over fire, etc). See: naktirviutaq.
Variant: niviññautaq.
niviq- vi. 1) to expose one's underside, to turn upside
down. 2) to lie supine, to lie back. Syn: nala-.
See: pusiäa-.
nivàala- to lie on one's back moving arms and
legs.
nivàallauraaq- to lie supine, to lie on the back
or having the face upward. Syn: qiviq-.
niviq- vi. to arch one's back. Syn: qiviq-.
niviq- vt. to turn over, to turn something on its back.
niviqsimaaq- vi. to lie with one's hands behind the
head; to sit leaning against something. Syn:
nivàallauraaq-.
nivirut- vi. to gather around (of flies, birds etc around
trash or a carcass).
nivit n. lemming's cache; mouse cache of masru and
other mice food. Variant: nivi.
nivitchiq n. bait of meat (to lure animals). Syn:
naàialigaaq.
nivitchiq- 1) vi. to wait for animals to come to bait.
2) to be baited (trap), to be provided with lure.
niviuànit- vi. to have the smell of burnt food (stuck to
the bottom of the pot).
niviuq- 1) vi. to circle over something (of birds or
insects), to hover. Syn: niviyaq-. 2) to fly
around near a nest (of a bird). 3) to loiter around
a member of the opposite sex.
niviuq- vi. to burn, e.g. food in a pot, to stick to a
pot.
niviyaq- vi. to hover. Syn: niviuq-; qulaäiq-.
nivlia- vi. to mumble, to speak words indistinctly (as
by lowering the voice or partially closing the
mouth); to murmur or grumble or mutter. Syn:
aqapiáuk-; imäaluk-; niplia-; qipquluk-;
uqapiáuk-.
nivliñiàáuk- vi. to speak with a harsh voice. Variant:
nipliñiqãuk-.
nivliq- vt. to utter a.
nivvaktaq- vi. to land on one's back, to fall backward
flat on one's back. Syn: aquvsallak-;
niàvalaq-; nivàallak-; nuluaq-; tunuallak-.
nivviaq n. well, spring (of water); a shallow hole into
which water drains.
nivviàiksi- vi. for snow to become wet enough to
stick together. Syn: niviñaq-.
nuaàaaluk n. niece; nephew (of a woman). Syn:
uyuàu. See: tutaaluk; tutik.
nuààaaàruk n. calf during first winter.
nuààaatchiaq n. calf during second winter (prime
skin).
nuààaiáaq n. caribou cow without a calf or fawn.
nuààalik n. caribou cow with a fawn.
nuààaq n. fawn (under one year old). Variant:
nuààaiyaaq.
nuààayuaq n. the skin of newborn calf.
nuààayuat n. parka, made of skins of a newborn
calf.
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