Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

aa aanàuaài-
aa excl. yes; oh! aagaluaq yes, probably aavaluk
yes, maybe Syn: ii.
aa excl. expression of surprise.
aa- (C) vi. 1) to hold one's breath. Aniqammiuraq
aaraàaqtuq qiaâallakami-takku. The
newborn always holds its breath when it cries so
much, that's why. Syn: ui-. 2) to convulse
(baby).
aachigaaä excl. expression of fear. Variant:
aachikkaaä.
aachikkaaä! excl. danger! fear expression. Variant:
aachigaaä.
aagaluaq excl. yes, certainly. Syn: iigaluaq.
aagruuk n. 1) morning star. 2) two adjacent stars in
winter.
aagun n. knife used for skinning animals starting at
the mouth, without cutting through the hide.
Syn: iqquliñ. Variant: aaksiñ.
aaàaaääuaq- vt. to imitate a loon's call. See:
qalàusraaq-.
aaàaaq- vi. to call (of a loon).
aaàaayiq (C) n. elf, goblin (in Eskimo legends,
little person with a big head who travels by
bouncing on hips and whose cry scares people;
foreshadows bad event for person who hears it).
Syn: iàaaq; naaluääiaq.
aaàiak n. upper back. Syn: quliik. See: kaisrik;
kiasrik. Variant: aaàirrak.
aaàirrak n. 1) depression between shoulders. Syn:
pikuk; pikusuk; pikusruk. See: aaàiak.
2) mountain pass. See: itivliq; itivyaaq.
aaàlu n. 1) tack. 2) killer whale.
aaàluq- vi. to look up, raise head or chin. Syn: aaq-.
aahaaliq n. oldsquaw duck. Clangula hyemalis.
Variant: aaqhaalliq; ahaaliq.
aak- (C) vt. to skin an animal (starting at the mouth
without cutting into the hide). Syn: amiiq-;
amiiqsi-; iqquli-; nayuk-.
aaka n. mother. Variant: aana.
aakaksraq n. stepmother.
aakaruaq n. mother-in-law. Variant: aanaruaq.
aakatchiaq (C) n. older sister. Variant: aakauraq;
aakiyaaq.
aakauraq n. older sister. Variant: aakatchiaq;
aakiyaaq; atauraq.
aakiyaaq n. older sister. Variant: aakatchiaq;
aakauraq.
aakkuu n. skill game (involving two teams in which
one team chants a tune, while one person holds
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an object, swinging it and daring one of their
opponents to take it without laughing). Syn:
iglaqusraaq; maàauraq.
aakkuuq- vi. to play a game of aakkuu.
aakäa dem.adv. from across there. See: agga.
Variant: aaääa.
aakäaq- vi. to come from across there.
aakäauti- vt. to bring from across there (focus:
goal).
aaksiñ n. knife used to skin an animal from the
mouth. Syn: iqquliñ. Variant: aagun.
aaktaq n. skin (removed from an animal by skinning
it from the mouth, without cutting hide).
aalàu- vi. to menstruate. See: aunaaqsruq-.
aaâhuuq- (C) vi. to swing. Syn: aäaâhisaaq-.
Variant: aasrhuuq-.
aaâhuuqtaq- to swing continuously, to swing
uninterrupted for some time. Variant:
aasrhuuqtaq-.
aana n. grandmother.
aanannak- to "gain" a grandmother (through
adoption, or kindness). Variant: aananik-.
aana n. mother. Variant: aaka.
aanaakâiq (C) n. large round-nosed whitefish. Syn:
qaalàiq; qalupiaq; qalusraaq; qausriáuk;
quptik; siraatchiaq; tipuk.
aanaakâiqsiun n. net (with large holes for whitefish).
Syn: qausriáuksiun.
aanaalik n. dried salmon with eggs included.
aanaksraq n. cooked fish (ingredient used in
akutuq).
aanalik n. mixture of fat, fish or meat added to
akutuq.
aanaluk (C) n. old woman, spinster. Syn:
uiáuaqtaq; uiñiäniàiáaaq.
aanaruaq n. 1) grandmother. 2) mother-in-law.
Variant: aakaruaq.
aanaruiñ kiviruq n. water ouzel (small thrush-like
bird that dives into water for insects; also called
dipper). Lit: 'your grandmother sank'. Cinclus
mexicanus.
aanaruiñ suliuqpa n. savannah sparrow. Lit: 'what
is your grandmother doing?'. Passerculus
sandwichensis.
aanauraq n. mother duck (with chicks). Lit: 'little
grandmother'.
aanàuaài- vt. to have as an object of worship.
Putum siqiñiq aanàuaàigaa. Putu worships
the sun.