Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

qisiiqsi- qiviq-
qisiiqsi- vt. to scrape skin a little. Syn: mamiiqsi-;
sakipsi-.
qisik n. leather, tanned hide of an animal skin with
hair removed. See: qitummaaq.
qisiqsiun n. branch of needle trees; a tree branch.
qisivak n. cooked rawhide (eaten by starving
people).
qisivviuq- vi. to cook rawhide (to eat when
starving).
qisuk n. dark cloud over the ice (indicating open
water).
qisuk- vt. to grab, to grasp suddenly. Syn: akkiqsiq-;
aqsak-; tigguq-. Variant: qisruk-.
qisraàuaq n. first stomach of caribou. Variant:
qisaàuaq.
qitchiuâiq n. Wednesday.
qitchuk- vt. scratch with one's fingernails, leaving a
mark. Syn: kumik-. See: qipuak-.
qitchuäniq n. scratch mark. Syn: qipuaäniq;
titiàniq.
qitiàaàun n. tug line (sled); a towline of dogsled.
Syn: qimugvik. See: qamuutaq. Variant:
qitiàun; qitiàaaàun.
qitiàaq n. the inside of backbone, the spinal cord.
qitiàusiq- vi. to eat lunch. Kuugauratkut
qitiàusianikpata, Miiyuum tikiññiàaa. After
Kuugauraq and his family ate lunch, Miiyuk
came to them.
qitiàutaq n. lunch. Syn: qitiàusialiñiaq.
qitik- vi. to play games.
qitiktuaq- vi. to play around. Variant:
qitiktuaàuraq-.
qitiq n. the waist; the middle. Syn: tapsiñiq.
qitiqâiàmik n. the middle finger.
qitiqâiàun n. ring (for finger). Variant: qitiqâiaàun.
qitiqâiq n. the middle one.
qitiqpaq- (C) vi. to be at the middle (as the sun at
noon, car in mid-road, etc.); to to be halfway; to
be noon. Syn: qitiquq-.
qitiquq- vi. to be at the middle (as the sun at noon, car
in mid-road, etc.); to to be halfway; to be noon.
Syn: qitiqpaq-.
qitiquutaksraq n. lunch food. Syn: aiáiáàutaq.
qitiquutaq n. lunch; noon. Variant: qitiàutaq.
qitiquutchiàvik n. lunch time. Syn: aiáiãiq.
qitiquutchiq- vt. to eat lunch. Syn: aiái-; qitiàusiq-.
qitkutiksri- vt. 1) to play maliciously. 2) to damage
someone's property; to vandalize. See:
piyaquâuk-; qiâhuq-.
qitñaànaq- vi. to be too bright; to be glaring. Syn:
qaummaàik-.
qitñaq- vi. to be blinded by light; to be unadjusted to
the brightness. Variant: qikäaq-.
qitñuq n. permafrost.
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qituk- vi. to be soft (of hide).
qitummaaq n. tanned hide. Syn: iàviaq. See: qisik.
Variant: qitummaaksraq; qitummaktaq.
qitummai- vt. to tan animal skin. Syn: itchuk-.
Variant: qitummak-.
qitummairi n. tanner; one who tans animal hides.
Peter tukkuqaqtuq Simon-mik
qitummairimik. Peter had housing with Simon
the tanner.
qitummak- vt. to tan animal skin. Variant:
qitummai-.
qitummaksi- vt. to soften a skin; to tan a skin.
Variant: qitummak-.
qitummaktaq n. leather; soft tanned animal skin.
Syn: iàviaq; isiqsiaq. See: turvik.
qitunàaàiit n. family (children as a unit). Variant:
qituàaàiich.
qitunàaq n. child; descendant. Qitunàatkalu
uvaäalu nallaaniktugut. My children and I
have already gone to bed. Syn: illiliàaaq;
iáaalugruaq; iáiágaaq; miqâiqtuq.
qitunàaqatigiich n. parents related through married
children.
qitunàauraq n. baby. Lit: 'small child'.
qitut- vi. to be soft, to be tender, to be pliable (as a
well-tanned skin, hide).
qiu- vi. to freeze to death; to freeze (of living things).
Variant: qiuri-.
qiuââuaq n. part of excrement hanging from rectum.
qiunäu- vi. to feel chilly or cold, to shiver when
coming down with cold. Variant: qiuya- (C).
qiunäuliq- vi. to become chilled (of body), to have
the chills.
qiunäunaq- vi. to be chilly (of weather); to be cold
or chilly (of a place).
qiunäusraaàaq- vi. to feel sudden chills (as from
an illness).
qiuri- vt. to freeze something; to cause to freeze (of
living being). Variant: qiu-.
qiuyanaq- vi. to be cold (of a place).
qivi n. Iñupiaq dish, in which the fat from caribou,
moose or reindeer is creamed without the
addition of shredded, cooked fish, but with
berries, fruit, seal oil and other ingredients
common to akutuq.
qiviaq- vi. to turn one's head; to look toward
someone. Syn: alaq-; kiäiaq-.
qiviäa- vi. 1) to stand or sit with one's head bent
back (in order to look up). Variant: qiviq-. 2) to
hang one's head back (as when head hangs lower
than body over edge of bed). Syn: siki-.
qiviäaaq- vi. to stand erect, to stand proudly. Syn:
pigi-.
qiviq- vi. 1) to lean, to bend back; to arch one's back.