Iņupiatun Eskimo Dictionary - SIL International

ivrulik kaimàuaàvik (C)
swimming or when walking into the wind. See:
ivyanäu-.
ivrulik n. sod house.
ivruq n. sod for house building; moss.
ivruqsiñ n. pick (tool). Syn: nunniqqun; piksrun.
ivsa n. juice (of meat, fruit, etc.).
ivsaiàutipkaq- (C) vi. to become icebound (of a
boat).
ivsak- (C) vi. to become moist. See: ivsuligaq-.
ivsaq (C) n. saliva. Syn: innuq.
ivsuligaq- vi. to become wet (by walking through wet
plants). See: ivsak-. Variant: ipsuligaq-;
ipsulik-.
ivsulik- (C) vi. to be wet from moisture on plants.
Variant: ipsulik-.
ivu- vi. to compress, to form a pressure ridge in ice.
ivuaqpaluk- vi. to make the sound of crushing ice
(when forming a pressure ridges). Syn:
ivuvaaluk-; suvaluk-.
ivugaq n. pintail duck. Anas acuta.
ivugasrugruk n. mallard duck, common mallard.
Anas platyrhynchos.
ivukutaq- vi. to flap rapidly in the wind.
ivuluk- vt. to flap.
ivuniq n. 1) pressure ridge in ice. See: ivu-.
2) iceberg. Syn: puktaaq; puptaaq.
ivuvaaluk- vi. to emit the sound of crashing ice (at
break-up), to crash (of colliding ice). Syn:
ivuaqpaluk-; suvaluk-. Variant: ivu-.
ivvaàlua- vt. to overlook an object that one is looking
for. See: ivaàianaq-.
ivvaq- vi. to bathe, to take a bath. Syn: kiñitchiq-.
Variant: uvvaq-.
ivvaqtuàvik n. bath tub. Syn: iààuàvik.
ivyanäu- (C) vi. to be short of breath. See:
ivrauttuq-. Variant: ipya-.
ivyanäunaq- (C) vi. to be stuffy, to lack sufficient
ventilation. Variant: ipyanaq-.
kaak- vi. to be hungry. Syn: mialuk-; niàisuk-. See:
kakkaaq-. Variant: kaaliq-.
kaaksiu- vi. to suffer from hunger, to suffer from
prolonged lack of food. Syn: kakkaaq-.
kaaliq- vi. to become hungry. See: kaak-.
kaamasraaq- vi. to be cheerful, to be buoyantly
joyful. Syn: quviatchaksaaàaq-.
kaaänaq n. famine. Syn: niàisuänaq.
kaat- vt. to cut; to split (a walrus skin into two layer
for a boat cover). Syn: avik-. Variant: kaatchi-.
kaat- vi. to be separated (of people), to be split (into
layers).
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ivyanäuqtuq- (C) vi. to struggle for breath
(because something is covering the face, or
because of asthma). See: ivrauttuq-. Variant:
ipyanäuqtuq-.
iyaalugrualik n. person with child or children.
Variant: iáaalugrualik.
iyaalugruaq n. child. Variant: iáaalugruaq.
iyaalugruuq- vt. to calm a child, to still a child.
Variant: iáaalugruuq-.
iyaaä voc. expression common of old or elderly
people speaking to younger people, equivalent
to 'my dear'.
iyaàaàuqtuaq n. petrified log; a fossilized item. Syn:
iäiáàaaqnisaq.
iyaàak n. stone, rock.
iyaàaksaq- vt. to fetch rocks, to collect stones.
iyaàalik n. prune. Lit: 'with stone'. Syn: asiaq
saunaalik; asriaq saunaalik.
iyaàaâhaq n. knife sheath.
iyaàauraaq n. 1) gravel. 2) rocky beach; a pebbled
beach.
iyalulasaaq n. whirlwind. Syn: tuunàaurisaaq;
uyalulaq.
iyamaaqâuk n. boiled half-dried fish or meat, stored
in seal oil. See: panigruktat. Variant:
igamaaqâuk.
iyamaaqâuksraq n. half-dried fish or meat, not
boiled or eaten yet. Variant: igamaaqâuksraq.
iyaq- vi. to build up gravel in an area that was once
free of rocks or gravel.
iyaqqi- vt. to have a gall stone.
iyaqqiqsaq- vi. to be covered with rocks or gravel
(for house building).
iyaqqit- vi. to run aground, to hit rocks when
traveling with a boat.
iyyaàri (C) n. black bear. Variant: iyyaàriq.
iyyaàriq n. black bear. See: iyyaàri.
kaatchi- vt. to cut; to split (split walrus skin into two
layers for boat cover). Variant: kaat-.
kaatlaiáaak- vi. to be inseparable (of people who
cannot be separated).
kaattaq- vt. to play cards; to gamble with cards.
kaattiq- (C) vt. to cut blocks of hard-packed snow
for house building.
kaavilliuàun (C) n. 1) coffee maker. 2) carafe,
coffee pot.
kaigauraq n. 1) shirt (with sleeves). 2) woman's
sleevless blouse. See: asiiáaq.
kaimàuaàvik (C) n. sled handlebar. Variant: