Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

sikkuvik siáaääaaq
sikkuvik n. October (K); September (C). Lit: 'ice
time'.
sikãaq n. 1) pickaxe. 2) Orion (star constellation).
sikãaq- vi. to work with a pickaxe.
siksaànaq n. target game in firing range.
siksaq- vt. to shoot: to hit, wound, or kill with a
missile fired from a weapon.
siksuàaq n. target (for archery or target practice,
firing). Syn: naksiàaq; pisiksuàaq.
siksraaq n. ground squirrel.
siksrik n. ground squirrel; arctic ground squirrel.
siksraiyaaq young ground squirrel.
siksrikpak n. hoary marmot.
siktuuk n. long boots, for winter (made from leg furs
of two caribou). Syn: isiktuuk.
siku n. ice.
siku n. 1) drill bit. 2) base of a sled runner. Syn: aglu;
apummaak; misaktiq; sikkuk. 3) a spearhead
or arrowhead, made of stone.
siku- vi. to freeze over; to become icy.
sikuaq n. thin ice on lake, thin ice on river (fall).
sikuaq- vi. to become covered with thin ice at freezeup,
to form thin ice on lakes or rivers at freezeup.
Syn: qinuaq-.
sikugiiáiq- vi. to become thin and ready to break (ice
in spring). See: nakkaqtaqtuaq; sikuiáàuq.
sikuàlak n. 1) ice fog. Syn: sikunaq. 2) frozen rain
on ground; hailstone.
sikuàlak- vi. 1) to freeze (of rain, when touching the
ground, forming a layer of ice). 2) to start
forming ice at freeze-up (fall), to hail.
sikuàliñiq n. ice formed from spilled water.
sikuiàvik n. May; ice break-up time.
sikuiáàuq n. open spot in the ice (spring). Syn:
iááagauraq; nakkaqtaqtuaq. See: sikugiiáiq-.
sikuiq- vi. to be free of ice (of rivers or lakes in
spring). Syn: tuvaiq-.
sikuiyasri- vi. to be on the verge of ice break-up.
Variant: sikuiyasi-.
sikulàamiuraq n. newly formed ice. Syn:
sikuliuraq; sikutchiaq.
sikuliaàruaq n. ice (one and half feet thick).
sikuliaq n. new ice (not thick enough to walk on),
young ice formed around edges and in between
larger sections of ice. Syn: sikulàmiuraq;
sikutchiaq. Variant: sikuliuraq.
sikuliqi- vt. to cut up ice (from freshwater lake early
in fall for winter use).
sikuliqiaqsi- vi. to break up and start moving (of
river ice). Kuuk sikuliqiaqsiruq. The river ice
is starting to break up. Syn: sikkiqi-; supi-. See:
aulayyauti-.
sikuliuraq n. newly formed ice. Syn:
sikulàamiuraq; sikuliaq.
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sikullautaq n. freshwater ice; good ice. Syn:
piqaluyak.
sikullautaq- vi. to freeze into smooth ice (of river or
lake).
sikuâaq n. hailstone.
sikumatarriq- vt. to set a net under ice.
sikunaq n. freezing fog, ice fog, ice crystals in the air.
Syn: taktugruaq; avyuàruaq; sikuàlak. See:
aiááaq.
sikuq n. 1) cutting point or edge of a tool or weapon;
drill bit. 2) arrowhead. 3) primer (a cap
containing a small amount of explosive used to
detonate the main explosive charge of a
firearm); an igniter. Syn: igniàun; ikniàun.
sikutaq n. 1) cache of ice blocks. 2) hole in the ice
for fetching water during the winter.
sikutaq- vt. to fetch ice (for drinking water), to fetch
water from hole in the ice.
sikutchiaq n. new ice. Variant: sikuliaq;
sikulàamiuraq.
sikutitchiaq n. seal (or other animal), left until
frozen before retrieving.
sikutuq- vi. to drink ice water.
sikuviñiq n. ice float, piece of ice.
Silivik n. October (time to make things, especially
clothing). Variant: Sullivik.
siáa n. 1) weather; air; atmosphere. Syn: uyumiäa
nunam. 2) outdoors; sky.
siáaavyak (C) n. pancake; hotcake; flapjack.
siáaavyiun n. skillet.
siáagiit- vi. to be bad weather.
siáagik- vi. to be good weather.
siáagiksaaq n. good weather (blue sky).
siáaiàuti- vi. to lose consciousness of one's
surroundings. Syn: alapit-.
siáait- vt. to disregard time, to pay no attention to
whether it is night or day. See: siáiäiq-; upit-.
siáali- vi. 1) to get a tan (of people). 2) to get faded
by the sun (of things).
siáaliqiri n. weatherman, person who predicts the
weather.
siáalliàuaq n. 1) something furthest outside.
2) defense wall.
siáalliq n. 1) outer part. 2) neighbor; the one next door.
siáaluaq- vi. to rain lightly; to drizzle.
siáaluk n. rain; rainy weather. Variant: sialuk.
siáaluk- vi. to rain. Variant: sialuk-.
siáaluksiigauraq n. myrtle warbler. Dendroica
coronata. Syn: suäaqpaluktuäiq.
siáaluksiun n. raincoat. Syn: siáaääaaq.
siáam iñua n. forces of nature; spirit or governor of
the atmosphere. Lit: 'atmosphere's person'.
siáaääaaq n. raincoat; a rain parka (made from
bearded seal intestine). Syn: siáaluksiun.