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Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

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uniaqhaurat uäarviaàun<br />

uniaqhaurat n. child's sled; small sled.<br />

uniat n. freight sled. Syn: qammutit.<br />

uniàluk- vi. to have bad underarm odor. Syn:<br />

uniqsuänit-.<br />

uniàmik- vi. to play tug-of-war with rope under arms<br />

(used in plural).<br />

uniàmik- vt. to carry under one's arm.<br />

unik- vi. to be unable to keep up.<br />

uniktit- vi. to be left behind because of slow<br />

progress.<br />

uniktuuma- vi. to be lower in quality.<br />

unipchaaq n. story; fable; fairy tale; folk tale; myth.<br />

See: uqaluktuaq. Variant: unipkaaq.<br />

uniq n. armpit.<br />

uniqniàniiyaun n. deodorant.<br />

uniqsuänit- vi. to have bad underarm odor. Syn:<br />

uniàluk-.<br />

unirraun n. sled deer; reindeer used for pulling a<br />

sled. Syn: qimukti.<br />

unit- vt. 1) to desert. 2) to leave something behind.<br />

Syn: aàlik-; qimatchi-. Variant: unitchi-.<br />

unitchi- vt. to leave part of load behind (when<br />

traveling). Syn: aàlik-; qimatchi-. Variant:<br />

unit-.<br />

uniuq- vt. 1) to miss target, to miss one's destination.<br />

2) to overlook what one is looking for; to fail to<br />

notice. Syn: asritqut-; ivaàlua-;<br />

suliqutiginàit-; tautuiñaq-. Variant:<br />

uniuqtiq-.<br />

uniuqtit- vi. 1) to dislocate a joint. 2) to become<br />

disordered.<br />

unna dem.adv. down there: visible, moving/extended,<br />

down that way, toward the water. Syn: kanna;<br />

samma. See: unani, unuäa, unakäa<br />

(unaääa), unuuna - see charts.<br />

unna dem.pron. that one down there (Absolutive,<br />

sing.). Syn: utkuak, utkua.<br />

urruma that one down there (Relative, sing.).<br />

Variant: uttuma (C).<br />

urrumani that one down there (locative). Variant:<br />

uttumani (C).<br />

urrumuäa toward that one down there<br />

(terminalis). Variant: uttumuäa (C).<br />

urrumakäa from that one down there (ablative).<br />

Variant: uttumaääa (C).<br />

urrumuuna through that one down there<br />

(vialis). Variant: uttumuuna (C).<br />

urrumatun like that one down there (similaris).<br />

Variant: uttumatun (C).<br />

urrumiäa that one down there, with that one<br />

down there (modalis). Variant: uttumiäa (C).<br />

unniàáuk- vi. to complain about someone. Syn:<br />

navàuqsautri-; tusaqâiàaâiq-.<br />

unniàáuktuun n. complaint. Syn: tusaqâiàaun.<br />

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unnii encl. even; anyway.<br />

unnii- vt. to make a sled.<br />

unniqsiuàun n. counsel, words of advice and<br />

guidance, consultation.<br />

unniqsuq- vt. to admonish; to caution. Syn:<br />

alàaqsruq-; inniiááak-.<br />

unnuaq n. night.<br />

unnuaqtutilaatun adv. all night long.<br />

unnuavak n. last night.<br />

unnui- vi. 1) to spend the night. 2) to keep vigil. 3) to<br />

work all night.<br />

unnuiqi- vi. to stay up all the night, to stay out all<br />

night.<br />

unnuk n. evening.<br />

unnuk- vi. to be evening.<br />

unnuksraaàiaq n. afternoon. Syn:<br />

anaqaksraaàiaq; anaqasaaàiaq.<br />

unnuksraaq n. afternoon (late). Syn: anaqasaaq;<br />

anaqaksraaq.<br />

unnuuti- vi. to worsen at night (of a sick person).<br />

unuäa dem.adv. toward down there. See: unna.<br />

unuäatmun dem.adv. toward down there.<br />

unuäatmuk- vi. to be heading toward down there<br />

(focus: direction).<br />

unuäaq- vi. to go toward down there, to travel<br />

downriver, to travel out on the sea ice (focus:<br />

actor).<br />

unuäauti- vt. to take toward down there (focus:<br />

goal).<br />

unuuna dem.adv. through the general area down<br />

there. See: unna.<br />

unuunaaq- vi. to go through the general area<br />

down there.<br />

uäa- vi. to seek attention, to act as if one wants to be<br />

loved and petted (especially of a young child,<br />

temporarily regressing to infantile behavior in<br />

order to get attention from the parent [not<br />

considered negative behavior]). Variant:<br />

uääayak-.<br />

uäalaq n. southerly wind, southwestly wind. Syn:<br />

uaknaq. Variant: uäalaaq.<br />

Uäalaqâiàmiut n. people of Unalakleet.<br />

uäalaqâuk n. southwesterly storm.<br />

uäalliagu n. day after tomorrow. Variant:<br />

uäalliagun.<br />

uäalliani n. day before yesterday.<br />

uäalliq n. 1) one farthest across. 2) outermost door<br />

of a house.<br />

uäaluurat n. open platform with poles supporting it<br />

(for storage). Syn: ikiààat; qakutit. See:<br />

siàáuaq; qiqitchiuvik; saiyut. Variant:<br />

uäalut.<br />

uäan n. space next to something.<br />

uäarviaàun n. joiner (a strip of tanned caribou

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