Sanaaq (21 page)

Abbreviations: dual (dl.), plural (pl.), vocative (voc.)

 

Aa! Aaah!
interjection to express pain

Aakut-tuasi
old children's rhyme

Aalalaalaala
humming of a tune

Aalummi!
exclamation to express tenderness toward children

Aanaqatak
person's name

Aanikallak
person's name, literally “little Annie”

aanniasiurti
physician or nurse; from
aanniaq
pain, painful illness

Aappuu!
child talk; interjection to express wish to be consoled

Aaq!
interjection to express disgust

Aatataa!
onomatopoeia: interjection to express pain (Ow-ow-ow!)

Ai!
interjection to address someone, to question, to express resignation, or to ask for agreement

Aiguuq!
interjection used by spouses to address each other

Aikuluk
reciprocal kinship term, used by in-laws, of the opposite sex and the same generation, e.g., the wife of a man's brother or the sister of a man's wife

Aippa
, voc.
Aippaa!
kinship term used by spouses to address or refer to each other: Husband! Wife!

airait
, pl. of
airaq
edible root of field locoweed
Oxytropis hyperborea

airaq
see
airait

airqavaq,
pl.
airqavat,
dl.
airqavaak
long-sleeved winter glove, used when building an igloo

ajuqirtuiji,
pl.
ajuqirtuijiit
Anglican minister, literally “the one who teaches”

Ajurnamat!
“Can't be helped!” “Nothing can be done!” Condolences after bereavement

aki
part of the home (tent or igloo) left and right of the entrance, used as a kitchen or larder

akitsirait
, pl. of
akitsiraq
seal spare ribs with their vertebrae

aksunaajjatuq
hunting companion who gets an
aksunaaksak
as his share

aksunaaksaq,
pl.
aksunaaksat
cylinder of skin cut from around the trunk of a bearded seal to make leather straps

akuit
, pl. of
akuq
seal femur

Akutsiaq
person's name, literally “pretty rear end of a woman's garment”

aliktuuti
ritual quartering of first bird killed by a child

aliqatsaujaq,
pl.
aliqatsaujait
algae (
Laminaria
)

alirti,
pl.
alirtiit
sock made of fur, now made of felt, worn inside boots

Alliriirtuni
recent term for “Monday,” the day when customary prohibitions do not apply

alliruit,
pl. of
alliruq
lower jaw of mammals

Am! Am!
onomatopoeia: sound of lapping

amaukkaluit,
pl. of
amaukkaluk
worm in the intestines of humans and bearded seals; especially common in the small intestine, according to Mitiarjuk

amauti
women's garment with a back pouch for a baby

amiksait,
pl. of
amiksaq
skin to cover a boat

ammuumajuq
, pl.
ammuumajuit
mollusc: truncated soft-shell clam (
Mya truncata
)

anaana,
voc.
Anaanak!
mother, mommy

anaanatsiaq
grandmother or a person like a grandmother, i.e., a female relative of the same generation

angajuk
, vocative of
angajuq
kinship term: a man's older brother, a woman's older sister

angusiaq
term used by a midwife for a boy that she (or he) has helped deliver, literally “the male [s/he has] made”

Angutsiaq
person's name, literally a “handsome man”

Angutikallak
or
Angutikallaaluk
person's name, literally “little man” or “big little man”

angutinnguaq
little bone, figurine of a man; also person's name

Apaapa!
, see
apaapait
baby talk for food

Aqiarulaaq
person's name, literally “little stomach”

aqiggiit
see
aqiggiq

aqiaruit
, pl. of
aqiaruq
stomach

aqiggiq
, pl.
aqiggiit
willow ptarmigan (
Lagopus lagopus
)

aqiluqi
boiled meat, very tender

aquviartulutuq
little bone, figurine of a person crouched on his/her heels

arnaliaq
term used by a midwife for a daughter that she has helped deliver, literally “the female [that she has] made”

arnanguat
, pl. of
arnanguaq
little seal bone, figurine of a woman

arnaquti
a boy's term for the midwife who helped deliver him

Arnatuinnaq
person's name, literally “real woman”

Ataa!
see
aatataa!

ataataksaq
stepfather

atigi
indoor jacket

atuarniq
north wind

atungaksaq
piece of leather for sole of a boot

atungaq
sole of a boot

Au!
command to sled dogs: “Stop!”, “Don't move!”

Auk!
command to sled dogs: “Turn right!”

Autualu! Autualuk!
exclamation to express annoyance or distress

avataq
float made from a ringed seal turned inside out and filled with air

avvik
wooden board on which a skin is cut

 

Hau!
command to sled dogs: “Come to me!”

Hra!
command to sled dogs: “Turn left!”

 

Ia ia ia!
onomatopoeia: laughter

Iaa iaa a a a!
onomatopoeia: crying of a child

Ia-a!
baby talk, interjection to express fear of an unknown object or being

iggiat
, pl. of
iggiaq
pharynx

igliti
baseboard of a sleeping platform

iglitikallak
, pl.
iglitikallait
little seal-bone figurine that represents the baseboard of a sleeping platform

igutsait
, pl. of
igutsaq
Arctic bumblebee

ii
floating hook made of a small piece of wood with a spike in it. It is baited with a piece of seal blubber, which seagulls love, and is tied to a line anchored to the shore. Used to catch seagulls. See
iijuq
: “it swallows”

Ii! Iii!
interjection to express fright, fear of failure, disappointment, or disgust

Iii!
onomatopoeia: laughter

Iikikii!
exclamation to express feeling of damp cold
(dry cold is called
ikkii
)

Iirq!
or
Irq!
interjection to express irritation with an unpleasant situation

iksigarjuaq
, pl.
iksigarjuat
name given to a Catholic missionary

ila
possessive:
ilakka
(my kinfolk). Kinfolk

Ilai!
interjection: “Of course!”, “That's right!”

Ilaijja
person's name, Elijah

ilakka
see
ila

illaulusuk
little bone, figurine of a fetus

illiti
baseboard of the sleeping platform or little bone that represents it

illitikallak
, pl.
illitikallait
little bone, figurine of baseboard of the sleeping platform

iluliarusiq
, pl.
iluliarusiit
meat, fillet from the inside of a beluga

ilulliq
inner stitching of double seam on the leg of a boot

ilullitaq
inner stitching of waterproof double seam, for a boot

inaluat
, pl. of
inaluaq
small intestine of ringed seals, of humans, and of small animals

Inuit
see
Inuk

Inuk
, pl.
Inuit
an Eskimo, literally a human being

inuksuk
stone cairn, often used as a landmark for long-distance observation

ipiraq
harpoon line, which connects a detachable harpoon point to the shaft and the float

iqaluit
see
iqaluk

iqaluk
, pl.
iqaluit
generic term for salmonids, in particular Arctic char. More broadly, can mean fish in general

iqaluppik
, pl.
iqaluppiit
Arctic salmon or Arctic char

Irr
…!
onomatopoeia: call of a willow ptarmigan

Irsutualuk
a person's name, literally “the big one who carries on his shoulders”

Irsutuguluk
a person's name, literally “little Irsutuq”

Irtuu!
interjection to express recollection of something to do

isiuralittaaq
lake trout

issutiit
heather

Itigaittualuk
dog's name, literally “the big one that is missing a foot”

itingit
see
itiq

itiq
anus; possessive:
itingit
— his/her/its anuses

ittunguat
, pl. of
ittunguaq
vertebrae (
Axis
), literally “that resembles an old man”

Ittusaq
person's name, literally “the one who is getting old”

Ivvilualuk!
a kind of angry curse, roughly meaning “damn you!”

 

Jiimialuk
person's name, literally “Big Jimmy”

 

kaitjiaq
thin leather strap, cut in a spiral from sealskin

kaivvasuk
little bone, figurine of an adolescent

Kajualuk
dog's name, literally “the big red one”

kakagutit
, pl. of
kakaguti
edible flower of the Arctic saxifrage

kakillanaquti
plant, saxifrage

kalirtisaikkut
short line running across the front of a sled, to prevent the main tugline from sliding under the runners

kallaquti
small berry bush, bearberry (
Arctostaphylos alpina
)

kanajuit
see
kanajuq

kanajuq
, pl.
kanajuit
marine fish, a kind of sculpin

kanivautit
, pl. of
kanivauti
diaphragm of mammals

kappianartuvik
hereafter for those who have broken the rules. Hell of Christianity (literally “the big scary place”)

kaugaliaq
, pl.
kaugaliat
cone-shaped mollusc, a kind of limpet or barnacle

kiasiit
, pl. of
kiasik
mammal shoulder blade, with the meat

kiataq
, pl.
kiatat
dorsal portion of skin on the upper trunk, here a bearded seal

kiatat
see
kiataq

kiinaujait
see
kiinaujaq

kiinaujaq
, pl.
kiinaujait
coin, literally “which resembles a face”

kiliutaq
scraper made from a caribou shoulder blade, used by women

killapat
pl. of
killaapaq
ripe catkin of an Arctic willow. From
killak
— “teeth on a saw, rasp, or file”

kilu
far end of a home's interior, at the end of the sleeping platform

kinguq
, pl.
kinguit
scuds (
Gammarus
), a kind of amphipod

kuanniq
, pl.
kuanniit
algae
Alaria

kujapigait
, pl. of
kujapigaq
thoracic vertebrae of ringed seals and small mammals, and humans. More broadly, the flesh surrounding these vertebrae

kujapigaq
see
kujapigait

kujapiit
see
kujapik

kujapik
, pl.
kujapiit
thoracic vertebrae of bearded seals and large marine mammals

kunik
stem of the verb
kuninniq
: smell, sniff, or kiss in the Inuit or Oriental fashion

kuu kuu kuu
onomatopoeia: clams falling onto a plate

kuutsinaat
, pl. of
kuutsinaaq
hip bones of seals

kuutsiniit
, pl. of
kuutsiniq
lumbar vertebrae of mammals

kuutsiit
, pl. of
kuutsiq
homonym of next word. Berry bush resembling a bearberry

Kuutsiq
dog's name, literally “hipbone”

kuutsitualik
little bone, figurine of a hipless person

 

Lumaajuit
see
Lumaajuq

Lumaajuq
, pl.
Lumaajuit
“the one who says ‘Lumaaq'!”, old woman of the above legend

lumaartalik
beluga attached by a leather line to an old woman called Lumaajuq (“the one who says ‘Lumaaq'!”), according to an Inuit legend