Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

iñuniaàvik iäiáàaaqnisaq
iñuniaàvik n. living space: house, tent, etc. See:
tupiq.
iñunnak- vt. to rally support, to bring people
together, to draw followers. Syn: iññuk-.
iñunäunaq- vi. to be hyperactive, to be
mischievous, to be troublesome. Syn:
papriñaq-. See: sanmikãiq-.
iñuäa dem.adv. toward over there. See: iñña.
iñuäatmun dem.adv. toward over there.
iñuäatmuk- vi. to be heading to over there
(focus: direction).
iñuäaq- vi. to come over there (focus: actor).
iñuäauti- vt. to take over there (focus: goal).
iñuäniit- vi. to be antisocial, to be impolite, to be
ungracious.
iñuäniq- vi. to be congenial, to be cordial, to be
amiable.
iñuääuali- vi. to make a doll.
iñuääuaq n. doll. Variant: iñuääuuraq.
iñuäuluuraq n. midget, little person; a country elf
(Iñupiat folklore). Syn: iñugaqaâigauraq.
iñupaâuk n. ugly person. See: iñugiit-.
iñupayaaq n. everyone, everybody. Lit: 'every
person'.
iñupayaat n. all people, the human race.
iñupiaàataq n. real person. Variant: iñupiaq.
iñupiaq n. Eskimo person. Lit: 'real person'.
iñupiatun adv. (act) like an Iñupiaq; in the Iñupiaq
language.
iñupiuraaq- vi. to speak in the Iñupiaq language.
iñuqaànaiáaq n. destroyer; chief who murders
newcomers. Syn: iñuaqti.
iñuqqun n. prowler (unknown person seen from afar
and blamed for unexplainable circumstances).
Syn: immiññauraq; iññiqqun.
iñuquâigauraq (C) n. dwarf; a "little person" (in
legends). Syn: iñuäuluuraq.
iñuu- vi. to be living, to be alive (of a human). See:
iñuunniaq-.
iñuuli- vt. to help, to assist, to succor. Pakaktuaq
iñuuligik aäutik tammaqtuak. The searchers
are helping the lost men to live. Iñuich
iñuuligaich kakkaaqtuat payukâugich
niqinik. People are helping starving people stay
alive by sharing food. See: ikayuq-.
iñuuâhit- vi. to be lifeless.
iñuuâiq n. life. Syn: iñuuniaâiq.
iñuuna dem.adv. through over there. See: iñña.
iñuunaaq- vi. to go through over there.
iñuunaitchuaq n. place under taboo: shaman
murders people here by his power. See:
agliànaq-.
iñuunaq- vi. to be life-giving.
iñuuniaâiq n. way of life, way of doing things. Syn:
iáitqusriq; iñuuâiq.
iñuuniaq- vi. to make one's living, to subsist. Variant:
iñuniaq-.
iñuuniaqqan n. living companion; a neighbor.
iñuuniaqqun n. law, what ought to be done. Syn:
atuqtaksraq; maliàutaksraq; pitqun.
iñuuniaqqurrun n. rule for living (with others).
iñuunniaq- vt. to provide for daily food and
essentials. See: iñuu-.
iñuunniaqti n. 1) provider: person who provides for
daily food and essentials (e.g. grandson living
with grandmother, doing all daily chores and
looking for food). 2) nurse; a person who nurses
a sick person.
iñuunniutiksrat n. 1) tools to make a living (e.g.
guns, nets, boat, sled). 2) material provisions.
iñuuqqan n. person close in age to one's own age,
contemporary. See: uumaaq; suunaaq.
Variant: iñuuqqatigiik.
iñuusiq (C) n. soul (credited with the faculties of
thought, action, and emotion and conceived as
an immaterial entity). Syn: ilitqusriq;
iáitqusriq. Variant: iñuusriq.
iñuusriq n. soul (credited with the faculties of
thought, action, and emotion and conceived as
an immaterial entity). See: ilitqusiq; iáitqusriq.
Variant: iñuusiq.
iñuut- vt. to sustain (to keep someone alive), to
bolster someone, to uphold someone.
iñuvik- vi. to impress females (said of a man). Syn:
aäutiââak-.
iä n. the self: individuality, sense of identity.
iäaàaq n. black guillemot. Cepphus grylle.
iäaluaqtaq n. umbilical cord.
iäaluat n. the intestines (all of it). Syn: kivigruat;
qiatuqtuq. Variant: iñaluat. Pl: iäalurrat.
iäaluatchiat n. the intestines of a ptarmigan.
iäalugaaluk (C) n. edible seaweed. Porphyra
laciniata.
iäaluk n. intestine: cleaned, dried and stretched (used
for raingear or window, for enema equipment or
seal oil container). Variant: iñaluk.
iäiaq- vt. to surpass; to excel; to best someone. Syn:
sivulik-.
iäiaqatautraq n. person who surpasses another or
who excels over another; a person who bests or
beats someone. Syn: sivulikkatautraq.
iäiàruusriruaq n. intercessor, one who prays for
another. Variant: iäiqsruutriruaq.
iäiáàaan adv. long time ago. Nalunaqtuaäuruq
Agaayyutim iriqsimakkaäa imakäaqaäa
iäiáàaasaaq. It is a secret which God had
hidden from very long ago.
iäiáàaaqnisaq n. artifact, fossil item. Syn:
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