Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

uvli- uyuniq-
uvli- vi. 1) to spend a day in an area. 2) to take a
break while traveling or working.
uvlik- vi. to shrink, to decrease in size. Syn:
manäuq-; mikâi-. Variant: uglik-.
uvluayaaq n. dawn. Variant: uvlaatchiaq.
uvluàiam anaäa n. trail of a comet, shooting star;
meteor. Lit: 'star's feces'.
uvluàiaq n. star.
uvluàiasugruk n. North Star, Polaris.
uvluàirraaq- vi. to shine (stars). See: kirratchiaq-;
siqiññaaàik-.
uvluiáaq n. December. Lit: 'one that lacks day(light)'.
Syn: siqiñàiáaq.
uvluiágit- vi. to wane, to become shorter (of days).
Variant: uvlukâi-.
uvluiq- vi. to end (of day).
uvlukâi- vi. to wane, to become shorter (of days). Syn:
uvluiágit-. Variant: uvlukikâi-.
uvlupak adv. today.
uvluq n. day.
uvluq- vi. to begin (of day); to break (of day).
uvluqtusri- vi. to get longer (of days). Variant:
uvluqtusi-.
uvluun n. 1) nest (bird). Akiàuàluksipáuni
tiämiãuich uvluutiqaàvigiraàniàaat. Using
tree branches, birds always have a place where
they have a nest. Syn: uglu. 2) source of light
(mythology: raven searching for the source of
light).
uvluutit n. 1) bird's nest. Syn: uglu. Variant: uvluun.
2) crow's nest (on top of mast).
uvluvak adv. today. Variant: uglupak.
uvluyuiáaq n. brass; bronze. Syn: patukpak.
uvsigi- vt. to fill cracks. Syn: uukaq-. See: puya.
Variant: uvsiqsruq-.
uvsiit- vi. 1) to be sparse, to be not compact. 2) to be
widespread, to be widely separated.
uvsik- vi. 1) to be dense (of forest, brush, plants, etc.).
Variant: upsik-. 2) to be closely grouped (of a
herd). Variant: upsik-. 3) to be tightly woven
(of fabric).
uvsiqsruq- vt. to fill a crack; to chink; to caulk (on a
house); to patch a seam (on a skin boat). Syn:
uukaq-. Variant: uvsigi-.
uvsiqsruun n. caulking, filler (composition,
especially a semisolid that hardens on drying,
used to fill pores, cracks, or holes in wood,
plaster, or other construction surfaces before
finishing).
uvuäa dem.adv. to here, toward here. See: uvva.
uvuäatmun dem.adv. toward here.
uvuäatmuk- vi. to be heading toward here
(focus: direction).
uvuäaq- vi. to move to here (focus: actor).
uvuäauti- vt. to take to here (focus: goal).
uvuäatchauraq- vi. to blow, causing only a few
feet of visibility (of wind).
uvuuna dem.adv. through here. See: uvva.
uvuunaaq- vi. to travel through here.
uvva encl. should (in "unrealized" grammatical tense).
Aäiáaaàuma-uvva. I really should go home
now.
uvva dem.adv. here: stationary/specific. Uvvauna
aglausimaruaq Miiyukun. This now is what
was written about Miiyuk. Syn: marra. See:
uvani, uvuäa, uvakäa (uvaääa), uvuuna -
see charts.
uvva-asiiñ conj. and then this.
uvva-kii conj. for; because. Variant: uvva-takku.
uvva-liqaa excl. Oh yes, so it is; Now I understand!
uvvaq- vi. to bathe, to take a bath. Syn: ivvaq-;
kiñitchiq-. Variant: uvvaqtuq-.
uvva-suli conj. and then this.
uvva-takku conj. for; because. Variant: uvva-kii.
uvvatuq excl. wishing. See: -asru.
uyagruaq- vi. to raise head above water (of seal).
uyaàak n. 1) stone ; rock. Syn: iyaàak. 2) sinker
(weight that causes a bottom line of a net to
remain down). Syn: kiviqqutaq. See: atliñiq;
qimiq.
uyak- vi. to hover (of seal with head just above
water), to balance in suspension (of a seal).
uyaktaq- vi. to tread water (of a seal), to bob up and
down (of a seal).
uyalulaq n. whirlwind. Syn: iyalulasaaq;
tuunàaurisaaq.
uyamik n. 1) interior of gun barrel. 2) hollow part of
a cylinder. 3) needle case carved of bone. Syn:
ikpiaàruk; imurvik.
uyamitquaq n. necklace. Syn: nuàluàun.
uyamitquq n. 1) earring. 2) hanging hair under lower
jaw of moose or caribou.
uyuàu n. nephew; niece. Syn: nuaàaaluk. See:
tutaaluk; tutik.
uyuk- vi. to dance Iñupiaq style (of a woman). Syn:
aààipiaq-; sayuq-; uamit-. See: aääuaq-;
naqigáiuraq-; taliq-.
uyumiäa nunam n. air; atmosphere. Syn: siáa.
uyumiq n. 1) mirage, inverted reflection of distant
object(s), resulting from distortion of light by
alternate layers of hot and cool air. 2) layer of
atmosphere through which shamans must pass to
get to the moon.
uyumiq- vi. to shimmer from heat; to appear in a
reflection on water or through heat waves in air.
uyumiq- vt. to invert an image (because of layers of
heat), to distort an image. Syn: iñipkaq-.
uyuniq- vi. to be misty; to be blurred. Syn: miñik-;
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