Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

aliuq- amani
perplexity at or about. Putum sua-tai
aliuàutigivauä! Putu marveled at something
(unknown to him) and how perplexed he was
about it! Syn: atlayuaài-; suquasiksrait-. See:
kalipsiksuaq.
aliuq- vi. 1) to be haunted (place where strange
frightening sounds are audible). 2) to marvel, to
become filled with surprise, wonder, or amazed
curiosity. Syn: kamanniuq-.
aliuqsaaq- (C) vt. to amaze, to impress someone
(to tell tall tales).
aliuqsri- vt. to tease, to joke with s.o. Syn: iááuài-.
aliuqtuaq n. ghost, apparition.
aliuqtuq- vi. to be haunted, to experience flash-backs
or hallucinations; to hear or see a person at the
place where that person has died. See: aliuq-.
alla pron. another. See: atla.
allaàniq n. clear sky.
allaàun n. 1) cleaning rag. Syn: salummaun.
2) cleaning rod for a gun barrel. Syn:
paulaiyaun.
allaiq- vt. to mend.
allaiq- vi. to be mended.
allak n. 1) hole, tear, rip (in clothes). Kamikâuukka
allauruk. There are lots of holes in my pants.
2) breast meat of birds. Variant: allatchiaq.
allaqtiq- vt. to wipe dry; to wipe clean.
allaqtit- vi. 1) to become clear sky, to become clear
weather. 2) to become very calm weather.
allaqtuq- (C) vi. to be clear weather.
allatchiaq n. breast meat of bird. Variant: allak.
alliatchiaq (C) n. tent mat made of willows. Syn:
atliat; atlirrat. Variant: allirrat.
alliatchiaq- (C) vi. to replace willow floor covering
(put new willows on floor). Variant:
atliatchiaq-.
alliàaq n. mattress, skin for bottom side of bedding,
fur side down. Syn: avrat; ikivàaq; qaatchiaq;
tuäiutit; tuttaat; uqummatit. Variant:
atliàaq.
alliàauraq n. saucer; doily. Variant: atliàauraq.
allimàaq n. lower molar tooth. Syn: kaäiáipqaq.
Variant: atlimàaq.
alliq n. the lowest one, bottommost one. Variant:
atliq.
alliq- vi. to be deep. Syn: iti-. Variant: atliq-.
allirrat n. tent mat; tree branches, alder branches.
Syn: atliat; alliatchiaq. Variant: atlirrat.
alliu- vi. to be the lowest one, the one closest to the
bottom. See: alliq. Variant: atliu-.
alliuàun n. pot for cooking dog soup. Syn: alàun.
alliuq- vt. to cook dog food.
alliuàusriq- cook dog food, start to ~. Miiyuk
alliuàusriàñiaqtuq. Miiyuk is preparing to
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cook dog food.
alluaq n. hole in ice for fishing or seal hunting.
alluiyaq n. wooden platter.
allukuaq- (C) vt. to kill a seal through its breathing
hole. Variant: allut-.
allut- vt. to kill a seal through its breathing hole.
Variant: allukuaq-.
alluvak n. seal's breathing hole.
aluaq n. coal. Syn: katluk.
aluaqaàvik n. coal scuttle.
aluaqsaq- vt. to haul coal.
aluaqsaun n. burlap sack. Syn: miisuk; puukataq.
aluàruaq n. callus, hardened skin on heel.
aluàun n. sandal.
aluàvik n. dog dish.
aluiyaq- vt. to clean the soles of one's shoes.
aluiyaun n. doormat. Syn: tutmiàaq.
aluk n. dog mush (food for dog).
aluk- vt. to lick; to lap. See: ippaq-.
aluktinniq (C) n. snow cliff.
aluq n. sole of foot or footwear.
aluutaàaaq n. spoon food, e.g. bite-sized bits of
caribou meat fried and served with gravy.
aluutaàaq- vt. to eat with a spoon.
aluutaq n. 1) spoon. Variant: aluutaun. 2) shoveler.
Spatula clypeata.
aluutaqpak n. ladle, large spoon, wooden spoon for
stirring soup.
aluutaun (C) n. spoon. Syn: qalluttaun;
qayuutaq.
aâhatit- vt. to eat quickly, to wolf down. Syn:
apqaâak-.
amaaàun n. parka for carrying baby. Syn:
amautnaq.
amaalik n. animal "with young" (not people). See:
amaaq-.
amaamak- (C) vt. to breast-feed, to suckle (a baby).
Syn: miluktit-.
amaaq n. root.
amaaq- vi. to carry young on back, piggyback
fashion. See: qaksrugaun.
amaàaa? quest. Right? Isn't that so? Variant: amii?;
amaqqaa? [Disc: tag-question to invoke yes/no
answer]
amaàulik n. item with wolf's skin.
amaàuq n. wolf.
amai! excl. I don't know! See: nalu-.
amakäa dem.adv. from over there, from yonder. See:
amma. Variant: amaääa.
amakäaq- vi. to go over there (focus: actor).
amakäauti- vt. to take over there (focus: goal).
amani dem.adv. located over there. See: amma.
amaniaäagun through the general area over
there (vialis).