aaka (AH-): mother
aana (AH-nuh): old lady, grandmother
aanaga (UH-nah-gah): auntie
aaqaa! (ah-CAH): you stink!
agnauraq (ug-NOR-uq): little woman, slang for gay man
angatquq (AHNG-ut-cook): shaman
aqpattuq (UQ-put-tuq): runs
arigaa! (AH-de-gah): it’s good!
arii! (ah-DEE): ouch! it hurts!
atiqluk (ah-TEEK-luk): woman’s flowered parka
bunnik (BUN-nuk): affectionate term for daughter. The actual Inupiaq word is paniq.
inuksuk (IN-uk-suk): a stone trail marker erected by Eskimo peoples all around the circumpolar world. By tradition, an inuksuk meant, “You are on the right path.”
Inupiaq (in-OO-pyock): one Eskimo; the Eskimo language
Inupiat (IN-you-pyat): more than one Inupiaq; the Inupiat people
ivu (EE-voo): ice override, ice pushed onshore by storm winds
kunnichuk (KUH-nee-chuck): Arctic entry, or vestibule
muktuk (MUCK-tuck): whale hide with a layer of fat attached
naluaqmiiyaaq (nuh-LOCK-me-ock): someone who acts almost white
naluaqmiu, naluaqmiut (nuh-LOCK-me): white person, white race
nuliagatigiik (NU-lee-AG-ah-teek): co-husbands; two men who have sex with the same woman
pibloktoq (pib-LOCK-tock): Arctic hysteria
pukuk (PUH-kuk): get into things
qaaq (cock): marijuana
qiviktuq (KIV-ick-tuck): suicide
quaq (kwok): frozen fish
quiyuk (KWEE-yuck): sex
quyaana (kwee-YAH-nuh): thank you
sheefish: a delicious freshwater whitefish that can reach 60 pounds in size
snerts: a rambunctious multi-player variant of solitaire
Suka (SOO-ka): derived from sukattuk, Inupiaq for fast
tuuq (tuke): long-handled ice chisel for making sheefishing holes
ulu (oo-loo): traditional Eskimo woman’s knife, shaped like a slice of pizza with the cutting edge at the rim
yoi! (yoy): so lucky