Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

amiqâuk anaqa
3) skin covering of a boat (umiaq).
amiqâuk n. tissue membranes (waste) that were
scraped off a skin.
amiqsiri n. fur buyer.
amiràaq- (C) vi. to be many.
amirriaq (C) n. remainder, leftover (food, cloth,
skin).
amisuàaluk n. slender person. Syn: amiãhuyuk.
amit- vi. to be narrow. Arguqâiq kuuk amitchuq.
Far upriver the river is narrow .
-ami-tara encl. 1) yes, maybe; probably. Variant:
ami-uvva; ami-ami. 2) no doubt they are ...
amiumaa! excl. No way! Don't you dare! See:
naagga!; qaäaa! Variant: amiuvva.
amiun (C) n. 1) braided sinew for sewing skins
together (especially when sewing skins to make
a boat cover). Syn: piáàaalik; qipraq. See:
ivalulupiaq; qupsik; uliun. 2) thread for
shoes.
amma dem.adv. over there: not visible, forward
direction; located in the other room; the
aforementioned. Syn: avva; iñña. See: amani,
amuäa, amakäa (amaääa), amuuna - see
charts.
ammatchiq- vi. to be at the other side of
something.
ammasaaàruk! excl. it is way over there
somewhere!
ammuaq n. box of twenty shells for shotgun; box of
gun cartridges.
ammun n. net rope. Variant: amuktuun.
amna dem.pron. that one over there (Absolutive,
sing.). Syn: apkuak, apkua.
avruma that one over there (Relative, sing.).
Variant: aptuma.
avrumani that one over there (locative). Variant:
aptumani (C).
avrumuäa toward that one over there
(terminalis). Variant: aptumuäa (C).
avrumakäa from that one over there (ablative).
Variant: aptumaääa (C).
avrumuuna through that one over there (vialis).
Variant: aptumuuna (C).
avrumatun like that one over there (similaris).
Variant: aptumatun (C).
avrumiäa that one over there, with that one over
there (modalis). Variant: aptumiäa (C).
amu- vt. to pull out. Putum kuvrani amugaa. Putu
pulled out his net. Miiyuum niqautini
amuaqsigai. Miiyuk began pulling out her food
(items). Syn: kalik-; nuqimik-; nuqit-; qakit-.
amuktuq- vt. to pull a net up from below the ice.
amuktuun n. rope, attached to an under-ice net. Syn:
isautaq. Variant: ammun.
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amuma n. item that was pulled out (of something).
amuäa dem.adv. toward over there. See: amma.
amuäatmun dem.adv. toward over there.
amuäatmuk- vi. to be heading over there
(focus: direction).
amuäaq- vi. to come from over there (focus:
actor).
amuäauti- vt. to take over there (focus: goal), to
take yonder.
amuraàaaq n. drawer, anything that pulls out.
amuuna dem.adv. through over there. See: amma.
amuunaaq- vi. to be traveling through over
there.
anaaq (C) n. girlfriend. Syn: aññaq; uumaa;
uumaaq.
anagaàutraâiq n. excessiveness, overdoing. Syn:
suvaâuâiq.
anagusrima- vi. to lean on something, to lean
because tired. Uvluvak anagusimallaktuäa
niaqunäupluäa. All day I lay down due to my
hurting head. Syn: ayappak-; nayummak-;
patiktit-; tati-; tunäauraaq-.
anagvik- (C) vt. to beat soundly, to trounce, to
"skunk" (sports, games). Syn: anaqhiala-.
anaàlu (C) n. black sediment on ice, as in spring
when snow thaws. Variant: anaàluk.
anaànaq n. laxative.
anaàniq n. odor of bathroom (when the toilet bucket
gets too full). See: nai; tipi; tipituq-.
anaàniq (C) n. bruise, contusion. Anaàniq taliani
ittuaq aäiruq. The bruise on his arm is large.
Variant: anaqtinniq.
anaàvik n. toilet, outhouse.
anak- vt. to surpass, to exceed. Putuk anakkaa
iáannaäa aqpaliutraqamik. Putu won over his
friend when they were racing. Syn: qaaäiq-.
anakkisaaq- (C) vt. to challenge, to compete by
daring an opponent. Variant: anaksisaaq-.
anaksisaaq- vt. to challenge, to compete by daring
opponent. Syn: anakkisaaq-.
anaktaq- vi. to compete in games.
anaktaqti n. competitor. Syn: akimaniutraqti.
anaäaa excl. expression of pleasure: nice! Variant:
aañaaäaa.
anaäaaäu- vi. to be cute, to be beautiful, to be pretty.
Syn: igliänaq-.
anaäaaq- vt. to flatter someone, to wow someone.
See: igligutchak-. Variant: aañaäaaq-.
anaäauraaä! voc. my dear one (term of
endearment). Variant: aañuäuuraaä! (C).
anaq n. feces, excrement.
anaq- vi. 1) to defecate, to empty bowels. 2) to shoot
(of a star).
anaqa n. evening. Syn: unnuk.