Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers: The Transformation of Inuit Settlement in the Central Arctic

 

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Hunting the Alaskan High Arctic: Big-game Hunting for Grizzly, Dall Sheep, Moose, Caribou, and Polar Bear in the Arctic Circle

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What's In a Name?

Common Alaskan Malamute Names:

Timber, Bear, Sitka, Nanuk, Shadow, Sasha, Tasha,
Tundra, Wolf, Dakota, Kodiak, Yukon

For everyone who writes asking me to translate a favorite word into "Eskimo"
(and I never know the answer of course - like I would??? LOL), try this:

Interactive InupiaQ Eskimo Dictionary/Translator

University of Alaska Fairbanks Native Language Center also has some good ideas

This site has EVERYTHING!!! Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia
(Scroll down the page to the Eskimo Dictionary)

Inuktitut Dictionary

Interesting article about the Arctic - This forum thread is quite long, but  so worth it!  Gorgeous pictures and information about how hard life is in the arctic where the Malamute is from...

Want to know more about these awesome people of the arctic....a forum

Alaskan/Inuit Words & their Meanings:

(many are from the book Arctic Odyssey)

aga - mother

alapa - it - s cold!

anatkok - shaman

anauytuk - a snow - stick

anut - harness for dog

anyu - snow used for a specific purpose

aqeutaq - incantation to drive away evil spirits

arnaq - woman

ataciara - a familiar spirit

atka - guardian spirit

iqniq - fire (the name given to bright metors)

ihun - lake trout

imnek - cliff

innuk - men (2 people)

itigiaq - weasel

kamik - eskimo boot

itsalik - deerskin tent

kesuk - water - sky

kia - who -

kataq - pot, dish

kilalurak - white whale

naneq - inuit lamp

kammuk - deerskin boot

mumik - drumstick

ikiaq (ikiq) - red spruce

ikun - knife or skin - scraper of horn or stone

ilipikuk - sealskin footwear

qilaq - sky or heaven

qopuk - ice - crack

qorviq - chamber pot

sieraq - connors (small fish)

sitamat - four (4)

tallut - caribou hunting pits

tipuk - herrings

tonraq - a tiny man, a spirit (a ghost)

tattilgat - brown crane bird

tikivik - thimble holder

tamaiijja - "there you are"

qilamitaun - Inuit bolas (Northern Alaska)

tullik - yellow billed loon

ukluk - skin of the brown bear

ulo - woman - s knife or skin scraper

unisat - cache

unedlaq - basket

unalaq - west wind

tupilek - a shaman - s familiar spirits

Tuluqaqaq - a limestone cliff

tulugaq - raven

tukturaluk - caribou (said with amazement)

tornuaq - an (evil) spirit

tomkin - home of the spirits

uvinaq - lemming nest

Walliarmiut - Inuit people to the west

nannuraluk - polar bear

nawyat - seagull

nukka - younger sister

okauyak - a shrub

qaqsrauk - loon

una - this one

ugyuk - bearded seal

uglu - seal hole in the ice

okauyak - a shrub

nannuraluk - polar bear

kannannaq - north wind

inallu - the little intestine

igalaq - window of igloo

iglopuk - large snow house

ageatulaitpoq - there - s no bottom to his stomach
(is there a more PERFECT Malamute name - - - - )

nagojut - friendly

ileanaitut - glad

injuquaq - old man

kalnaq - long - stemmed pipe

kanut - white geese

keruguq -   used to tie a dog

kannoyak - cotton grass

kulitak - heavy skin coat

kulliq - lamp

kinalik - eider duck

kilaun - drum

kilallurak - white whale

mumik - drumstick (Northern Alaska/dance)

naga - NO!

qatqain - come

qeorvik - a piece of wood

purnaq - fat (from a duck)

poallu - skin mitts

pinahut - three (3)

onipqaqtoq - tell a story (Mackenzie region)

tavrani tavra - stop stop!

umiak - large skin - covered boat

umiaktorvik - river

tiquana - adopted son

tiguaq - an adopted child

 

Words for ice and snow from Labradoran Inuit

ice - sikko

bare ice - tingenek

snow (in general) - aput

snow (like salt) - pukak

soft deep snow - mauja

snowdrift - tipvigut

soft snow - massak

watery snow - mangokpok

snow filled with water - massalerauvok

soft snow - akkilokipok

 

Words for snow and ice from West Greenlandic inuit

sea ice - siku

pack - ice/large expanses of ice in motion - sikursuit

compacted drift ice/ice field (plural) = sikut iqimaniri

new ice - sikuliaq/sikurlaaq

solid ice cover = nutaaq

thin ice - sikuaq

rotten (melting) ice floe sikurluk

iceberg - iluliaq

part of iceberg below waterline - ilulisap itsirnga

piece of fresh-water ice - nilak

lumps of ice stranded on the beach - issinnirit

glacier (also ice forming on objects) sirmiq

Inland Ice - sirmirsuaq

snow blown in (e.g. doorway) - sullarniq

rime/hoar-frost - qaqurnak/kanirniq/kaniq

frost (on inner surface of e.g. window) - iluq

icy mist - pujurak/pujuq kanirnartuq

hail - nataqqurnat

avalanche - aput sisurtuq

slush (on ground) - aput masannartuq

snow in air/falling - qaniit

snowflake - qanik

snowflakes - nittaallat

air thick with snow - nittaalaq

flurries - nittaalaq nalliuttiqattaartuq

hard grains of snow - nittaalaaqqat

feathery clumps of falling snow - qanipalaat

new fallen snow - apirlaat

snow crust - pukak

snowy weather - qannirsuq/nittaatsuq

snowstorm - pirsuq/pirsirsursuaq

large ice floe - iluitsuq

snowdrift - apusiniq

ice floe - puttaaq

hummocked ice - maniillat

pressure ridges in pack ice - ingunirit

drifting lump of ice - kassuq

dirty lump of glacier-calved ice = anarluk

ice-foot left adhering to shore - qaannuq

icicle - kusugaq

opening in sea ice - imarnirsaq/ammaniq

open water amidst ice - imaviaq

navigable fissure in sea ice - quppaq

rotten snow/slush on sea - qinuq

wet snow falling - imalik

rotten ice with streams forming - aakkarniq

snow patch on mountain, etc. - aputitaq

wet snow on top of ice - putsinniq/puvvinniq

smooth stretch of ice - manirak

stretch of snow-free ice - quasaliaq

lump of old ice frozen into new ice - tuaq

new ice formed in crack in old ice - nutarniq

bits of floating - naggutit

hard snow - mangiggal/mangikaajaaq

small ice floe (not large enough to stand on) - masaaraq

ice swelling over partially frozen river, etc. from water seeping up to the surface - siirsinniq

piled-up ice-floes frozen together - tiggunnirit

mountain peak sticking up through inland ice - nunataq

calved ice from end of glacier - uukkarnit

edge of the sea ice - sinaaq

 

Common Expressions in Alaska Native Languages courtesy of the Alaska Native Language Center (more resources)
Aleut hello - aang good-bye - ukudigada thank you qagˆ - aasakung Happy Holiday - Kamgan Ukudigaa	Siberian Yupik how are you? - natesiin? good-bye (I'll see you) - esghaghlleqamken thank you - igamsiqanaghhalek welcome (thank you all for coming) - quyanaghhalek tagilusi Merry Christmas - Quyanaghhalek Kuusmemi
Central Yup'ik hello (good to see you) - cama-i hi! what's up? - waqaa good-bye - piura thank you - quyana welcome - quyana tailuci Merry Christmas - Alussistuaqegcikici how are you? - cangacit?	Inupiaq thank you - quyanaq welcome - qaimarutin hello, how are you? - qanuq itpich?
(In Inupiaq, the vowels [a, i, u] are pronounced in the same way as the same vowels in Spanish or Italian; r is similar to English r; ; is similar to French or German r; is the ng sound; ñ is pronounced ny as in Spanish. Double letters are pronounced long [held longer] and single letters are short.)
Alutiiq hello - cama'i thank you - quyanaa Happy Holidays - Spr`´aasnikam	Haida hello (how are you?) - sán uu dáng giidang? thank you - háw'aa	Eyak thank you - 'awa'ahdah
Tlingit hello (how are you?) - wa.é ák.wé? thank you - gunalchéesh Merry Christmas - Xristos Khuwdziti	Tsimshian thank you - way dankoo	Gwich'in Athabascan hello (how are you?) - neenjit dôonch'yàa? thank you - mahsi' welcome my friend - shijyaa
Hän Athabascan thank you - mahsi' our friends - nijaa	Ahtna Athabascan thank you - tsin'aen Merry Christmas - C'ehwggelnen Dzaen my friend - slatsiin	Deg Hit'an Athabascan thank you - dogedinh my friend - sits'ida'on
Koyukon Athabascan hello - dzaanh nezoonh thank you - baasee' welcome - enaa neenyo good luck friend - gganaa'	Tanana Athabascan hello (how are you?) - do'eent'aa? thank you - maasee' his friend - betlanh	Tanaina Athabascan thank you - chin'an my friend - shida

Thank you Mr. & Mrs. Baughn for the above

If anyone has any others please drop me an and I'll be happy to add them.  Please don't write and ask me how to say something in Inuit - I would have no clue.  Your best chance is to contact a University with Indian Studies somewhere in northern Canada or Alaska.

 
 

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