Ulutiun dictionary

The Ulutiun dictionary is a list of terms from the Ulutiun language.

A

 * ahsukk : Iulutiun dialect: a board composed of members from each village council to arbitrate in trade disputes during trade fairs
 * aituiskotuk : Angulutiun dialect: adults who had participated in only a single migration of caribou
 * akukujik : the section of an ukujik that did not have meat pits
 * akykulutik : Nakulutiun dialect: a punishment (ykulutik) where the accused was sealed in the cave of a natural predator
 * anariak : a ritual where an ariak dressed a newborn baby
 * anarkiirik : the second syllable of a baby's name, which came from the name of an honored friend or family member
 * andlitiving : a meat-storage room
 * ahtkoat : the messenger who invited people to koatulit
 * aiskotuk : Angulutiun dialect: the group remaining after the migration of the iskotuk
 * ariak : a friend of the family who dressed a baby in his or her first clothes
 * artengak : a type of harpoon
 * awakewquka : a type of celebration for honoring one's first seal-kill

B

 * bikik : an ice sled with a square sail
 * biknach : Nakulutiun dialect: a meat-storage structure

C

 * ceenach : Nakulutiun dialect: a stone house

D

 * dinjik : a pit trap that looks like a snowhouse

E

 * eaas : Iulutiun dialect: the essence of life
 * ekaa : a barbed arrow
 * ekotupa : an arranged marriage
 * equkoku: a memorial feast for the dead
 * eyklak : a large bow

G

 * garnok : a sling with an extended handle
 * gazanga: Iulutiun dialect: the oldest male child

H

 * heteff : a white-furred sled dog
 * hiuchupuk: a water sled
 * hukek : Angulutiun dialect: a digging spike
 * huuk : a "singdown"
 * huykulutik : Nakulutiun dialect: a punishment (ykulutik) where the accused was tied to a tree and shot with arrows

I

 * igdluarn : a snowhouse room for storing blubber and meat
 * igdluling : a long passage between snowhouse rooms
 * ijukujik : the section of an ukujik that had meat pits
 * ikaap: Angulutiun dialect: an ice sled made from caribou skins
 * ikili : Angulutiun dialect: a full migration of caribou
 * ilupiquan : the interior skin walls of a snowhouse
 * iniagok : Angulutiun dialect: morale officer
 * Innugaakalikurit : an arctic dwarf
 * intang : hoop for drying clothes
 * inuksuk : snow figures places in a V-shaped line for driving caribou
 * ipipykulutik : Nakulutiun dialect: a punishment (ykulutik) where the accused was suspended head-first inside a crevasse
 * iquemelum : a village council
 * iskotuk : Angulutiun dialect: a group of migrating humans and their caribou
 * ituiskotuk : Angulutiun dialect: aged or injured adults unable to participate in the migration of caribou
 * iuak : a machete
 * iurit : Nakulutiun dialect: assembly called by the village ruler

J

 * jakerek : single-passenger ice sled
 * jegaung : a gambling game testing one's aim
 * jokitarpo : game to make the ugliest faces
 * jukikewquka : a feast honoring a child's first kill
 * jyykach : Nakulutiun dialect: a religious edict requiring the death of all non-believers

K

 * kaituiskotuk: Angulutiun dialect: persons who have not yet participated in the migration of caribou
 * kaiurit : Nakulutiun dialect: a yearly religious edict
 * kaquling: a snowhouse's outermost, open section
 * kayak : a kayak
 * kazanga : Iulutiun dialect: the oldest female child
 * keri-keri : a game of imitating gestures
 * kiam : a village council member
 * kiirik : the first syllable of a baby's name, which came from the name of a deceased friend or family member
 * kilat : a type of drum played by slapping it against the chest or thigh
 * koatulit : a custom of inviting folk from a nearby village to live in the host village as guests of honor
 * kotupa : a voluntary marriage

L

 * lakerek : a sled drawn by caribou
 * liqukoku : Iulutiun dialect: a ritual for honoring first kills
 * lukitaqutu : a juggling game
 * lulik : an individual room (dome) of a snowhouse
 * luqu : a trident

M

 * mikka : a lichen growing in Alpuk that tastes like mint
 * minikitak : Angulutiun dialect: a house made from earth and wood
 * mukteff : a golden-furred sled dog

N

 * naulagak : a type of harpoon
 * nukiewquak : a ritual for honoring one's first polar bear kill

O

 * okteff : a black-furred sled dog
 * opoqukoku : Iulutiun dialect: a ritual of properly disposing of animal skulls

P

 * pilakerek : Angulutiun dialect: a balancing pole used while riding a sled
 * pimataung : Angulutiun dialect: an aged leader of the iskotuk
 * pokulu : Nakulutiun dialect: a belief that one's life essence becomes a part of Ulutiu upon death

Q

 * quaggi : a communal feasting house
 * quangirin : a ventilation slit
 * quidlirin : a fireplace
 * quipiqu : thick sleeping blankets
 * qukoku : Iulutiun dialect: a philosophy about the unity of nature

R

 * reykulutik : Nakulutiun dialect: a punishment (ykulutik) where the accused was stoned to death in a pit
 * rissik : Angulutiun dialect: a portable tent
 * ritiik : a weapon used for hunting bear

S

 * sarissik : Angulutiun dialect: the roof of a rissik
 * sirdloang : a closet for clothing
 * skotuk : Angulutiun dialect: inhabitants, a term which includes both people and caribou
 * sukkiruchit : a trade fair

T

 * taatquoko : Angulutiun dialect: a celebration at the start of each caribou migration
 * tihukek : Angulutiun dialect: a tool used for making tent poles
 * tingaung : a gambling game
 * toqsung : the main entrance to a snowhouse
 * trukaa : a blunt arrow
 * tuiskotuk : Angulutiun dialect: adults who have participated in more than one caribou migration
 * tupa : marriage

U

 * uadling : the outer dome of a snowhouse
 * ugunach : Nakulutiun dialect: a platform for praying
 * uhkerek : a large sled drawn by caribou
 * ujju : Angulutiun dialect: the preferred pasture grounds of a specific caribou herd
 * ukeu : a voluntary slave
 * ukujik : a dome where meat was cut
 * ulirrissik : Angulutiun dialect: a bowl with holes used to cover fires within tents
 * umiak : a large boat for cargo
 * unungak : a type of harpoon
 * urit : Nakulutiun dialect: village ruler
 * uwa : Iulutiun dialect: earrings worn by kiam

V

 * vaakach : Nakulutiun dialect: a religious edict mandating that a particular syllable is sacrilegious
 * viit : a makeshift tent

W

 * wakiak : Angulutiun dialect: a branding

Y

 * yaaurit : Nakulutiun dialect: an urit's aides
 * yakakilat : a drum feast for honoring the killing of a white dragon or tirichik
 * ykulutik : Nakulutiun dialect: any punishment for violating a yearly religious edict