Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

nuäaktuaàruk nuviááaun
began feeling sorry [for himself] when he turned
older.
nuäaktuaàruk n. white-crowned sparrow.
Zonotrichia leucophrys.
nuäaktuaàruuraq n. 1) snowbird, snow bunting.
Plectrophenax nivalis. Syn: amautlikkaq;
amauâigaaluk; amauligauraq;
amauligavialuk; amauligaq. 2) slate-colored
junco. junco hyemalis.
nuäit- vi. to end, to stop. Niàiqpak nuäitman, Putu
aäiáaaànaqsiruq. When the feast had ended, it
was time for Putu to go home.
nuäu- vi. to become depleted; to get used up; to have
a worn spot (of fabric, clothes, etc.). See:
kalivit-; niqaiq-; paluq-.
nuäuraaq n. candy.
nuäusruq- vi. to have a blister.
nuäut- vt. to deplete, to use up, to exhaust (of
medicine, food, and such things). Syn: niqaiq-.
See: paluq-.
nuqaàun n. lashing for the lower stands of a basket
sled. See: qiáàun.
nuqaq- vi. to be taut, to be drawn tight. Syn:
qiluqqi-. See: nuqit-.
nuqaq- vt. to attach a taut string (e.g. to a guitar).
See: qilu-; qiluliqsuq-.
nuqaqti n. bowstring; string for instrument.
nuqaqtiligauraq n. violin (small stringed
instrument). See: atuqtuuraq.
nuqaqtilik n. stringed instrument, e.g. guitar. See:
atuqtuuraq.
nuqimik- vi. to pull, to pull hard (pull repeatedly).
Syn: amu-; kalik-; kaäit-; qakit-; qilu-.
Variant: nuqiqsraq-; nuqit-.
nuqit- vi. to draw; to pull taut. Taapkua
kilvaàniqsut umiakun nuqirrutigalugu
kuvraq. They were returning to shore with the
boat while pulling the net with them. Syn:
kalik-; qiluqqit-; uniaq-. See: nuqaq-.
Variant: nuqimik-.
nuqitaànaq n. automatic rifle with .22 caliber. Syn:
sippun; suppun; tati.
nuqitaq- vt. to pull rope (when starting a motor).
nuqitchi- vt. 1) to tow, to pull with a rope. Syn:
kalik-; qamuk-. See: ukammaq-; uniaq-.
2) to pull up. Syn: qakit-.
nuqitchiraàaqtuaq n. magnet. Lit: 'one that draws
to itself'. Syn: nipinnaq.
nuqittaun n. rope for pull-start (for starting an
engine manually). Syn: aullaqsaun.
nuqittautraq- vi. 1) play tug-of-war, to play stickpull.
2) to pull on something from both sides
(e.g. in a game of 'stick-pull').
nusat n. head hair. Syn: nuyat. See: nutchat.
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nusuktaq- vt. to jerk and pull. Variant:
nutchugaq-.
nusruk- vi. to pull free, to fall away.
nusruk- vt. to pluck; to snatch, to pull out. Syn:
iàisaq-; iàitchaq-. Variant: nusuk- (C);
nutchuk-.
nutaaq n. 1) young person. 2) something new or
fresh. Variant: nutaàaq.
nutaat n. young people. Variant: nutaqqat.
nutaàaq n. 1) fresh powder snow. 2) young person.
Variant: nutaaq.
nutaàiñàaq n. blubber (seal, whale).
nutaiqqi- vi. to die of eating a forbidden food or
doing a forbidden action; to die after going
against a certain taboo. See: agliànaq-;
pitchaiái-.
nutaq- vt. to renew; to repair. Syn: iáaaq-;
iâuaqsruq-; tumaqsruq-; tuämiq-. Variant:
nutaqtiq-.
nutaqqat n. young people. Variant: nutaat.
nutaqtiq- vt. to renew. Variant: nutaq-.
nutau- vi. to be new; to be young (of people); to be
fresh (of blood).
nutchak- vi. to grow hair; to have excessively long
hair (especially of men).
nutchat n. head hair. Variant: nusat; nuyat.
nutchiqqi- vt. to braid (hair), to do hair.
nutchugaq- vt. to jerk and pull. Syn: nusruk-.
Variant: nutchugai-; nusuktaq-.
nutchuk- vt. to pluck, to pull out. Syn: iàisaq-;
iàitchaq-. Variant: nusruk-.
nutigaq- vi. to jump.
nutik- vi. to leap (out of a crouching position or
sitting position). Syn: misik-.
nutqaq- vi. 1) to stop. 2) to die.
nutqaqtit- vt. to stop something.
nutqiuq- vi. to stop and rest at a place for a certain
time.
nuttagaala- vi. to crackle (especially of a fire).
nuttagaq- vi. to hop.
nuttagayuk n. grasshopper.
nuut- vt. to move something to another place.
nuut- vi. 1) to move to another dwelling, to relocate.
Syn: nuktiq-. 2) to change one's position.
nuutuuyiq n. lynx. Lynx canadensis.
nuvak n. mucus; a cold. See: kakkik.
nuvak- vi. to have a cold.
nuvaksi- vi. to catch a cold. See: kakkiái-.
nuvi- vt. 1) to thread a needle or a sewing machine.
Syn: ivalliq-; ivalu-. 2) pull string through. Syn:
ivalliq-; ivalu-.
nuviivak n. fly, house fly.
nuviááaun n. device for weaving nets: shuttle; net
needle.