Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

The user of the dictionary will find these sample sentences helpful. They align with the charts
on the previous pages.
1. Demonstrative Adverbs
Uvva kuukpiaksran. Here is your coffee.
Uvuäa iáiálauä yuuqaksraàa. Please place my hot beverage right here.
Uvuäautillaguä taamna killaiyaan. Please bring your sewing project over [to] here.
Tavrataamna iàñiàa puqiksuaq. That one [there] is my son, who is smart.
Tavrakäa aullaqtuq Sisualiämun. From there he went to Sisualik (place near Kotzebue).
Ikkatuakun tavruunaaàniaàitchi. Don’t travel through that shallow water.
Marra manna iñunäunalgitchuq. This one (implied: child) is quite active again around
here.
Umiaq mauäatmun aggiqsaaqtuq. The boat is coming in this direction.
Maani iñuuniaqtuni itraiñiqsuq. I find living here to be [a] warm [climate].
Imma tusraànaqsiaqsiruq umiaqpak. One can hear the sound of the big boat in the distance.
Uqaàuguutin imani uqaqsitaaqmata. Remember, you said that at the trial at that time.
Taimakäaqaäa itriáiàuuniqsuaq. It has been getting cold for a long time.
Ugga taluliqiri qichaqtuq. The doorkeeper is standing near the entrance.
Tauggani isiqapta qichaàaqtugut When we entered we always stood near the door.
Tauggakäaqsaaqtuq atuàiaqhuni. He walked up from near the entrance to sing.
Sakma isiàniaqtuaq iñuksrularuq. Someone coming in is making noise in the entryway.
Sakmuäa anillaguä uqsruq. Take the seal oil out into the storm entry.
Sakmani sakma katchalaruq. Someone is knocking repeatedly on the door out there.
Ikka itña ikaaàuktuq. That one across there wants to come to this side.
Itchuäatmuäniaàataàniqsuqtarra. He worked hard/long to go across [the river].
Aanaga itchaniaäani iñuuniaqtuàli. My grandmother lived across the river.
Agga qipmiurat paäalikkatauraqtut. The puppies are running around across there.
Auäaqsaaàuraaqtuq sukaiáipáuni. He sauntered across to the other side.
Tumitchaurakun aunnaaqsaaqtuq. He is walking on the trail on the opposite side.
Akma iáaalugruich anniiqsauàiaàuknaqtut. The children must have gone to play across there.
Akmakäa aglagviämiñ ikaalgiññiqsut. They have come from the school that is across there.
Paniiä, akmakäaqpich kisivich? Daughter, did you come from across there by yourself?
Kisuuniqpa-tai iñña iglaaq. I wonder who that visitor is over there.
Iiyaaä, iñakäautilauä-tuq asriaksrautiga My dear, please bring my berries from right over there.
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