Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

uiáaaq ukkua
puvliàniq.
uiáaaq n. aged fish, thawed and ready for
consumption.
uiáaaq- vt. to chew tobacco. Syn: uqummiaq-.
uiáaq n. meat/fish, raw (not boiled yet), uncooked
meat.
uiáaq- vi. to be uncooked. Syn: aipa-.
uiágaànaaq n. widow. Variant: uiágaàniq;
uiáigaànaaq.
uiágaq- vi. to lose one's husband; to become
widowed.
uiágasruk n. spinster, woman who did not marry.
Syn: aanaluk; uiáuaqtaq; uiñiäniàiáaaq.
Variant: uiágasuk (C).
uiáuaqtaq n. spinster, woman who did not marry.
Syn: aanaluk; uiágasruk.
uima- vi. 1) to be hurried. 2) to be quick.
uimait- vi. to be slow.
uiñaq n. cause for hurry.
uiñàaliq- vi. to become sleepy, to be half-asleep.
Syn: siñiänialiq-.
uiñàaq- vi. to be sleepy.
uiñik- vi. to become married (of a woman). Aànaq
uiñiktuq Sisualiämi. The woman got married
in Sisualik. Syn: aäutinik-; nuliaq-.
uiñiäniàiáaaq n. unmarried woman. Syn: aanaluk;
uiágasruk; uiáuaqtaq.
uiññiq n. lead, open water between land ice and pack
ice.
uiñäa- vi. 1) to have a lead; to have open water
between landlocked ice and pack ice. 2) to have
one's eyes open.
uiäuraq n. common-law husband, man a woman lives
with though not married to him. Variant:
uiääuaq.
uipasulaaq n. rare meat, neither raw nor well-done.
Variant: uupasulaaq.
uipasulaaq- vi. to cook meat medium rare. Variant:
uunäait-.
uiri- vi. to be able to open the eyes (of a newborn).
uisa- vi. 1) to have open eyes. 2) to go without eating.
uisauraaq- vi. to fast, to abstain from food.
uit- vi. 1) to open one's eyes. 2) to break away from
shore ice, forming an open lead (of pack ice).
Syn: irukkaaq-; tuvaiyaq-. Variant: uitchuq-.
uivaq- vi. to round a bend. Variant: iivaq-.
uivaqsaat n. 1) souls of the dead. 2) in Eskimo
mythology: the place where souls go after death.
uiviiáaq n. spendthrift, person who does not mind
selling things at low cost or buying expensive
items, a prodigal.
uiviiái- vi. 1) to become accustomed to good results.
2) to repeat one's actions because the results feel
pleasant or beneficial. Syn: uiàit-.
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uiviit- vi. to make every effort to please one's selfiish
desires. See: naäititauâiq; nagliksaaq-;
nagrutchiq-. Variant: uivisuäit-.
uivraluktaq- vi. to tumble; to do somersaults. Syn:
naparaàaaq-. See: kaivraluk-. Variant:
iivraluktaq-.
uivriqi- vi. 1) to move or act with undue haste. Syn:
qilamiqsruq-; ui-. 2) to be over-excited; to be
too eager. Syn: upisralak-; upit-.
uivvaq n. obstacle, obstruction (a point of land one
must go around). Syn: avrialutaq; avriutaq.
uiyu- vt. to add a piece to the end of something, to
extend something.
uiyullaaq n. extension, addition to the length of
something.
uiyulliàiich n. row; series of things in a line.
uiyulliktit- vi. to happen steadily, in succession.
uiyuqâiq n. furthest extension of something.
Variant: uuyuqâiq.
uiyurat n. string of dried fish (6 or 8).
uiyuuqti n. interpreter. Syn: iiyuuqti.
ukalliq n. snowshoe hare.
ukallisugruk n. Jack rabbit; arctic hare.
ukalliuraq n. snow shoe rabbit; varying hare.
ukamaq- vt. to tow a boat in shallow water while
walking along shore; to travel, pulling boat
along shore, usually against the wind. See:
nuqitchi-; qamuk-; qimuk-.
ukamaun n. rope for towing a boat from shore.
ukiaksraq n. early autumn.
ukialliq n. 1) autumn skin. 2) game, caught in
autumn.
ukiaq n. autumn; fall time.
ukii- vi. to spend the winter.
ukiivik n. place for wintering.
ukiãhaaq n. cloth.
ukiññiq n. item with an oblong hole cut in it.
ukit- vt. to cut an oblong hole in something.
ukiulliq n. winter skin (especially caribou skin).
Variant: ukiuáairuk.
ukiunik- vi. to get old (of people). Lit: 'to gain
years'.
ukiupak n. current winter; current year. Variant:
ukiuvak.
ukiuq n. winter; year.
ukiuq- vi. to turn to winter.
ukiuqsiutit n. winter clothing.
ukiutqik adv. two years ago.
ukkua dem.pron. those out there in the entryway. See:
ugna, uäna, ukkuak.
ukkunani those out there in the entryway
(locative).
ukkunuäa toward those out there in the
entryway (terminalis).