Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

imiäñiq imña
Variant: imiäasi-; imiäa-.
imiäñiq n. a mound of earth that makes an echoing
sound when stomped on. See: imik-.
imiq n. drinkable water.
imiq- vt. 1) to drink water. 2) drink alcohol, to drink
alcohol. Syn: taaääaq-.
imiqaàvik n. water container with cover.
imiqaqtit- vt. to keep supplied (with water). Putum
aànaqtiä imiqaqtitkaa ataramik. Putu keeps
his wife supplied with water all the time. See:
imaukkaqtit-.
imiqqi- vi. 1) to dabble about in shallow water, to
splash gently, to paddle. Putu imiqqiruq. Putu
is playing with water. 2) to bootleg: make, sell,
or transport (liquor) for sale illegally.
imiqqiri n. 1) water porter. Variant: imiqtaqtuqti.
2) bootlegger. Syn: taaääaqqiri; taaääiqqiri.
imiqsiááaa- vt. to sip, to drink small amounts. Putu
imiqsiááaaäiñaliqsuq imiàmik niàitáaiqhuni.
Putu is drinking only a little water as he is
unable to eat. Syn: imiàaqsiááaa-; imillaa-;
uuksi-.
imiqsiñik- vt. 1) to gulp, to drink/eat rapidly in large
amounts. Syn: imiàaqsi-. 2) to drink a shot (at
once). 3) to snort. Syn: imiàaqsi-.
imiqtaàvik n. 1) hole in the ice for getting water,
place to fetch water from. 2) well.
imiqtaq- vt. to haul water; to fetch water.
imiqtaqtuq- to haul water repeatedly.
imiqtaqtuqti n. water porter. Variant: imiqqiri.
imiqtit- vt. to give a drink to someone (water,
alcoholic beverages). Syn: imaqtiq-; kuvviuq-.
Variant: imiqtitchi-; imiksrit-.
imiqtuaq n. person who is drinking, an imbiber. Syn:
imiàuuruaq; imiäaruaq; taaääaqtauq.
imit- vt. 1) to ask a favor. Putum imitkaa iáannani
qiáàiáiuqupluni. Putu asked his friend for the
favor of making him a sled. Syn: atuaksraq-.
2) to give someone work to do; to pass one's job
to another (because of lack of time or skill).
imiyuit- vi. to be abusive when drinking, to be out of
control when drunk.
imma dem.adv. indistinct, remote (place or time); in
the past. Iáisautiaqsiágiññiàai narvam siñaani
imma. He started teaching them again at the
edge of the lake there somewhere. Immali
maliàuaqtai nunaaqqimuäniqsut
niqiksramiknik tauqsiàiaqhutiä. About at
the same time his disciples had gone to town in
order to buy some groceries. See: imani,
imuäa, imakäa, imuuna - see charts.
Variant: taimma.
immaài- vt. to contain, to hold (quantity).
Agaayyuun, qiáaich immaàilguitchaatin.
God, the heavens are unable to contain you. Syn:
tigummi-.
immak n. pus, discharge from infection.
immak- vi. 1) to seep in, to run into s.t. (e.g. water
into boot, boat). Putum umiaäa immaktuq.
Water is seeping into Putu's boat. 2) to become
runny (pus in a wound).
imma-kiaq excl. I wonder..., I think...
immaktinniq (C) n. 1) overflow: river water above
ocean ice at mouth of river. Syn: qaaminniq.
2) puddle: formed by melting of ice or snow.
immaqâuk- vi. to rage. Putu immaqâuktuq
aànaata uumitchaipáugu Putu is raging as his
wife got him mad.
immaut- vt. to swamp, to fill with water to the point
of sinking. Qaiqpaich immautruànialiqâugu
umiaq. The big waves filling the boat to near
sinking.
immi- vt. 1) to melt snow for drinking water. 2) to
distill (e.g. alcohol). Variant: immiuq-.
immiàaq- vt. to inject an enema.
immiàaun n. enema equipment. Syn: anaqtitaun;
itiqsiun.
immiññauraq (C) n. 1) puddle. Syn: imaànauraq.
See: immit-. 2) bank (the slope of land
adjoining a body of water, especially adjoining a
river). Syn: ikpik. 3) prowler (unknown person
seen from afar and blamed for unexplainable
circumstances). Syn: iñuqqun; iññiqqun.
immiq- vi. 1) to become full (of a container); be
fulfilled (of a prophecy). 2) to be high tide, to be
high water. Syn: ulit-.
immiq- vt. to fill, to fill up. Putum qattaq
immiàaa. Putu filled up the bucket.
immiqsuaksraq n. application: form to fill in.
immiqsui- vt. to fill in, to complete a form or
application. Variant: immiqsuq-.
immiqsuq- vt. to fill in, to complete a form or
application. Variant: immiqsui-.
immit- vt. to soak.
immiuma- vi. to be fulfilled.
immiummati- vt. to fulfill.
immiuq- vt. 1) to melt snow for drinking water. 2) to
distill (e.g. alcohol). Variant: immi-.
immuk n. milk. Syn: miluk.
immuli- vt. to milk a reindeer.
immulivik n. reindeer cow. See: paäniq.
imña dem.pron. that one in the past; that one
mentioned before; that unknown one
(Absolutive, sing.). Putu qaäaimñava? How
long ago did Putu do it? Putum
itqaqtilgiññiàaa imña atuumaruaq. Putu was
reminded of something that had happened
before. Variant: taimña.
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