The Central Eskimo

Chapter 31

#A"kuk#, lateral strips of wood used in boat; from _ako_, middle.

#A"lirn#, harpoon line.

#A"maroq#, wolf.

#A"ming#, skin of land animals, cover of boat and kayak.

#Ang"akoq#, a magician, conjurer.

 

#Angakunirn#, the art of the angakoq.

#Ang"akut#, plural of angakoq.

#Angiaq#, spirit of a murdered child (Greenland).

#Ang"un#, paddle.

#Anguta"#, his father.

#Angu"vigang#, lance; from _anguvoq_, he goes sealing with the harpoon.

#Aning"a#, her brother (the moon).

#A"no#, dog harness.

#A"pumang#, gunwale.

#Aqo"jang#, stern of kayak.

#Aqsar"dnirn#, wind blowing down a valley.

#Arau"taq#, snow beater (Aivillik dialect).

#Arng"oaq#, amulet.

#Ase"dlun#, flat receptacle for the harpoon line on kayak.

#Asimau"tang#, piece of board or whalebone on which skins are cleaned.

#Atau"ta#, neck of sealskin float; from _atav-_, to be connected.

#Audliti"ving#, vault back of snow house.

#Avangna"nirn#, northwestern gales along the coast of Baffin Land.

#Avau"tang#, sealskin float.

#Avautapaq"#, large sealskin float; from _avautang_, sealskin float; _-paq_, superlative.

#A"vignaq#, lemming.

#A?i"girn#, ptarmigan.

E.

#E?alu"jang#, carved ivory fish, used as bait; from _e?aluq_, salmon; _-ujang_, similar to.

#E?aluq#, salmon.

I.

#Idluk"#, a fabulous fish.

#Igdl"u#, snow house.

#Igdl"uarn#, a vault attached to snow hut; from _igdlu_, snow house; _-arn_, small.

#Igdlukitaq"tung#, playing with two b.a.l.l.s, tossing them up alternately; from _igdlung_, both; _-kitarpoq_, he uses at the same time.

#Igdlu"ling#, second vault of snow house; from _igdlu_, snow house; _-ling_, with.

#I"gimang#, ball-and-socket joint of harpoon and lance; from _igipa"_, he throws it off.

#Ikan"#, store room supported by stone pillars; from _ikarpoq_, it stretches from one support to another.

#Ikirt"suq#, wind blowing from the open sea.

#Ilaga#, my friend (Netchillik).

#Ilupi"qang#, lining of snow house; from _ilo_, inner.

#Imiti"jung#, drinking water; from _imiq_, fresh water.

#Inetang#, hoop with net of thongs to dry clothing etc. in snow house; from _iniva"_, he hangs it up.

#In"ua#, its man, owner; possessive third person of _inung_, man.

#Inug"sung#, cairn; from _inung_, man.

#Ipar"ang#, harpoon line.

#Ip"un#, oar, a spear.

#Irqata"tung#, a certain circuit among the huts.

#Issumau"tang#, a chief; from _issu"mavoq_, he thinks.

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