Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

putyugiaq puvviaqtuuq
hole by piercing). Syn: paaqtuq-; puttuqsri-;
taplik-.
putyugiaq n. crab.
putyuk- vt. to pinch something. Variant: putyui-.
putyuämik- vt. to nibble at food (while preparing it
or before it is ready to be eaten). Syn: kigaluk-;
irgasiq-.
putyuäniq n. bruise from a pinch. Variant:
putyugniq.
putyuugaurak n. tweezers.
putyuuk n. thumb and forefinger combination,
fingers held in opposition.
putyuun n. pinching tool.
putyuutik n. pinchers of a crab or scorpion, pincers.
Variant: puyyuutik.
putyuutilik n. scorpion.
puuàruaq n. old sealskin poke. Puuàruat
qaaàniaqtut. The old sealskin poke are going
to burst.
puuàu n. wolf net, net for catching wolves or rabbits.
puuàuaq- vt. to use a net for catching ptarmigan.
puuàutuq- vt. 1) to use a net for catching wolves.
See: puuàu. 2) to use a net for catching rabbits.
puuk- vi. 1) to bend over because of age. 2) to fall
forward (accidentally or in death) of a man or
animal. Syn: paallak-; paasaaq-; palluqhiaq-;
pusikkaq-.
puukataq n. sack; large bag. Syn: aluaqsaun;
miisuk.
puukatauraq n. purse; handbag.
puukatchi- vt. 1) to make a sack. See: puuq. 2) to
prepare a sack with supplies. See: paluäaiyaq-.
puukkaq- vi. to stumble, to miss a step and almost
fall. Syn: paallak-; paasaaq-; palluqhiaq-;
pusikkaq-; puuk-.
puuksraaq n. sleeping bag.
puuksraq n. 1) envelope. 2) wrapper. 3) paper bag.
puukut n. 1) jars, cleaned and prepared for a new
use. 2) any emptied container (left behind).
Variant: puuku.
puuq n. sealskin poke; any emptied container. Syn:
tuummaq.
puuq- vt. to circle something; to surround somebody;
to wrap something.
puuqtuq- vt. to wrap; to envelop.
puuqtuqtat n. storage bags (already filled to store
away).
puuqtuun n. proboscis of insects, stinger of insects.
Syn: iguun; kappuun.
puuvraaq- vi. to play in water (as swimming).
puuvraq- vi. to swim (of humans). Putu
puuvraàuktuq. Putu wants to swim.
puuvruq- vi. to swim with nose above water (as a
polar bear); to swim on surface of water; to
move slowly on the surface of the water. Syn:
puimi-. See: naluk-.
puuvsaq- vt. to kill a wounded animal, to shoot a
another time. Variant: puuvsai-.
puuyuq- vt. to forget. See: kiviáiq-. Variant:
piiguq-.
puvak n. lung.
puvialuäaaq- vi. to be rounded.
puviatchiaq n. ptarmigan's crop. Variant:
puviiqhaaq.
puviiq- vi. 1) to deflate. 2) to collapse when air
escapes (of container).
puviiqhaaq n. 1) ptarmigan's crop. Variant:
puviatchiaq. 2) balloon (originally made of
duck feet).
puviáiñ n. ring (made of wood or ivory) which is
placed in navel of seal skin through which the
skin in inflated as a float.
puvipquqtaq n. item that is dried and bleached by
the wind.
puviq- vt. to inflate.
puvit n. swelling on skin.
puvit- vi. to be swollen.
puvitquq- vi. to be bleached white (of caribou skin).
puviun n. bellows, air pump.
puvla n. 1) air bubble from a mammal moving
underwater. Syn: qalaliaq. Variant: puvlak.
2) beer.
puvlak n. bubble (a globular body of air formed
within liquid). See: qalak.
puvlak- vt. to ferment, to bubble up, to develop gas.
puvlak- vi. 1) to bubble up, to give off bubbles. 2) to
spout (of a whale in the distance). 3) to spoil (of
food). Syn: asiäuq-; mamaqsuäniq-; maqu-;
pigiiáiq-; piiñàiq-. See: kupsuk-.
puvlaksiaq n. dough (ready to be baked).
puvlaksiàniq n. dough (still rising; with yeast or
leaven).
puvlaktuula- vi. to form bubbles under water (of
animal or person).
puvlaq- vi. to flee from humans, having smelled their
scent (of animal). Variant: puplaq- (C).
puvliànaq n. drop of spruce resin used as chewing
gum. Syn: kutchuun. See: uiáaaksraq;
uqummiaq. Variant: puvliàniq.
puvliàniq n. drop of spruce resin used as chewing
gum. Syn: kutchuun. See: uiáaaksraq;
uqummiaq. Variant: puvliànaq.
puvliq- vi. to become inflated; to become swollen
with air.
puvliqi- vi. to suffer from excess gas in the digestive
tract.
puvviaqtuuq n. 1) pectoral sandpiper. Erolia
melanotos. 2) buff-breated sandpiper. Trybgites
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