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Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

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siáaqâuk simmiáiuti-<br />

siáaqâuk n. rainstorm; bad weather.<br />

siáaqâuk- vi. to be stormy and rainy.<br />

siáasiun n. thermometer (for weather). Variant:<br />

siáasriun.<br />

siáataa n. right side (piece of fabric).<br />

siáati pos.base. area outside. Atqautiniàaat<br />

siáatmun aämanàagun katchiqpaum. They<br />

lowered him to the outside through an opening<br />

in the big wall.<br />

siáataani at the outside. Peter aquppiñiqsuq<br />

siáataani igluqpaum. Peter sat down outside of<br />

the palace.<br />

siáataaniñ from outside. Isaaàaqtuaq iñuämun<br />

siáataaniñ qaayuànaqsiraàutauäitchuq.<br />

What goes into a person from outside does not<br />

corrupt him.<br />

siáataanun to outside. Iginniàaat siáataanun<br />

nautchiivium. They through him to outside of<br />

the garden.<br />

siáatiàuaq n. cloak, outer garment, such as a cape.<br />

Mattaqtinniàaat kaviqsaaq siáatiàuaq. They<br />

stripped him of the purple cloak.<br />

siáatmun pos.adv. outward, away from a central<br />

point. Syn: anitmun.<br />

siáatqut- vi. to pass outside a house; to pass by a<br />

house. Syn: kilutqut-.<br />

siáàiqsuq- vt. to give sound advice, to give direction<br />

(older person to younger); to correct someone's<br />

misunderstanding, to warn of consequences of<br />

bad behavior. Syn: alàaqsruq-. Variant:<br />

isiáàiqsuq-.<br />

siáàiqsuqti n. board member. Syn: isiáàiqsuqti.<br />

siái n. sense. See: isuma; qauàri.<br />

siái- vi. to sharpen with a whetstone. Syn: ipiksaq-;<br />

itäik-.<br />

siáiagaq- vi. to soar with wings outstretched. Syn:<br />

tiämi-.<br />

siáiak- vi. to float on the wind.<br />

siáiapyaäaaq- vi. to be absent minded. Syn:<br />

alapyaäaaq-.<br />

siáik- vi. to be wide. Samma kuugum paaäani<br />

siáiksiáiqtuq. Downriver at the mouth of the<br />

river it gets wide all of a sudden.<br />

siáiäiq- vi. to be heedless, to be thoughtless. See:<br />

siáaiàuti-.<br />

siáiäiq- vt. to disregard, to act without thinking.<br />

Putu siáiäiqsuq uqaqman. Putu didn't think<br />

when he talked. See: siáait-.<br />

siáivla- vi. to overflow. Syn: qaaptit-; ulipkaula-;<br />

ulivla-; usiàaq-. See: siqi-; ukpitaala-.<br />

siááiñ n. whetstone; a knife sharpener. Syn:<br />

ikpiksaun; kigiñaksaun.<br />

siááiq n. hard crusty snow (good for house building).<br />

Syn: sitáiq.<br />

siáu n. carcass of a sea mammal, drifted ashore.<br />

Variant: siáuaàruk.<br />

siáuaàruk n. sea mammal drifted ashore (somewhat<br />

decomposed). Variant: siáu.<br />

siáuk- vi. to cross over by holding on to something<br />

over one's head and raising one's legs. Variant:<br />

siáuktaq-.<br />

siáut- vi. to find a carcass (of a sea mammal) drifted<br />

ashore. See: tiprak-. Variant: siáuli-.<br />

simaaqsi- vi. to become green (of land).<br />

simik n. 1) diaphragm. 2) stopper cork.<br />

simik- vi. to choke on something. Syn: niàiáik-;<br />

tivusiq-.<br />

simik- vt. to stop, to block, to cork, to plug an<br />

opening.<br />

simiksuun n. breathing hole: a mound of earth put<br />

through the surface of thin ice of a small lake or<br />

a rivulet. This has a hole in the core of the<br />

mound. The muskrat, otter, or beaver, uses it in<br />

winter as a breather hole and as a place to eat.<br />

similàuaqsri- vi. to speak with a stuffy nose<br />

("through the nose"). Syn: uminäatchi-.<br />

simiqsi- vi. to become discolored.<br />

simiqtaaq n. 1) yellowness. Syn: suäaqpaluk.<br />

2) discolored item, something which has been<br />

discolored.<br />

simmai- vi. to substitute. Syn: simmausiq-;<br />

simmiuruaq-.<br />

simmaun n. deuce, at cards. Variant:<br />

simmaugauraq.<br />

simmaun n. substitute, person to take another's place.<br />

Variant: simmiáiun.<br />

simmausiq- vt. to replace, to substitute. See:<br />

simmiusriq-.<br />

simmiàaaq- vt. to change clothes. Syn:<br />

akiaàaqtaaq-.<br />

simmiksrit- vt. to return change. Tauqsiàñiaqtim<br />

simmiksritkaa. The storekeeper returned<br />

change to him.<br />

simmiáiaksraq- vi. to obtain or receive (something)<br />

on a loan with the promise or understanding of<br />

returning all of it or its equivalent.<br />

simmiáiaksraqtuaq n. creditor, lender, person to<br />

whom money (or its equivalent) is owed.<br />

Malàuk iññuk simmiáiaksraqtuàvik<br />

akiqsruumaniàaak maniäñik. Two men<br />

owed a creditor money. Syn: akiqsruumaruaq.<br />

Variant: simmiáiaksraqtuàvik.<br />

simmiáiq- vi. to make an exchange, to return the<br />

equivalent of something borrowed (returning<br />

another item).<br />

simmiáiun n. substitute, person to take another's<br />

place. Syn: simmaun.<br />

simmiáiuti- vi. to succeed another, to come next in<br />

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