Cup'ig English Gloss
Cap-Cay Preliminary Cup'ig Dictionary
cap'akir shoe
cape- to block view, to cover
caperrnarqe- to be difficult to do; to be hard to do, unable to do something because it is too difficult
caperrsug- to feel something is too difficult to do; to be unable to face or confront something
capkur curtain; cloth or other material used to cover a shelf or a cabinet
capngig merging of apamag (gunwales) at aft and stern of kayak
caprite- to be persistent when faced with difficulty or a challenging situation
capurau- to be weatherbound
caqania lung
Caq'er personal name, meaning to tear
caqerte- to have something happen to someone
caq'erte- to rip; to tear up
caqillngaar- to hop on one foot
caqillngitag- to suddenly have a gust of wind
caqiqsar woman's lip labret
caqirte- to become crooked
caqiur- to flap (of bird wings)
caq'lengtar butterfly
caqte- to tear; to rip
caqu- to cover, one with a cover
caquigi- to wrap things
caquleg angel, one with wings
caqun seal poke
caqungqerr- to have a cover, to have wings
caqur bird's wing
caqutaugar- to seine
caqutaugar seine
caqvirnga- to be splay-footed; to have "banana feet"
caqvirte- to go splay-footed; to put shoes on the wrong way; to have "banana feet"
carayar- to attempt to murder (of a shaman)
car'ar- to have a little amount of something
Car'er personal name, meaning a little amount
Carevner coastal hill site (which is a place to get seabirds from the cliffs) in the southwest part of Nunivak Island, meaning result of a powerful ocean current
carkacug- to have nothing to do; to be bored
carwaner ocean current
carwanir- to flow (of current)
carwar- to be a nuisance; to take up one's time; to be in the way
Carwarmiut campsite on an estuary in the southwest of Nunivak Island, meaning result of strong current
casku weapon
casrarer shrew
casrauksugar young shrew
cass'ar clock
cass'arte- to take an hour to do a task
cass'utngunrir- to become useless; to become good for nothing
cassuumirte- to suddenly have no desire to do anything because of one's problems
castu- to be able to withstand difficult emotional situations; to be fearless; to be strong; to be outspoken
castun how?
castuqsagte- to change one's behavior in an abnormal way; for something to be amiss
cat'alqur country that is treeless, bare area with no trees
cataate- to have nothing, to be absent
cau-1 to face
cau-2 to be something; to be what?
caucuugaute- to face each other
caumaller face
caunrilke- to think of someone as unimportant, as nothing or as being worthless
caunrir- to disintegrate: to die, to have no more authority; to be demoted; to have no more value
caunrite- to be nothing of importance
cauranrite- to do nothing; to be to free of work; to leisure time
cauyar- to drum
cauyar Eskimo dance drum
cauyarar small rib at bow or stern end of kayak frame
Cauyarciriwigmiut site in an estuary in the northern part of Nunivak Island, meaning place where ceremonial drums are made and used
cave- to row
cavgem umia part of a caweg (head of seal harpoon)
cavget nengciutelzget short harpoon used as spare in the event the main harpoon is lost or broken
cavtar- to feel around
caweg head of seal harpoon with trifurcate spur
cawegpag large harpoon head for walrus
cawegpigar seal harpoon part, head with blade at right angle to line hole (this toggle is between harpoon line and line of seal poke float)
cawig- to whittle wood
cawig wood whittling knife with curved blade for carving
cawiggarer knife
cawigngalzngur silver
cawiguuyar- to be silvery calm (of water)
cawikar copper
cawikcarte- to whittle wood any old way
cawiksuar- to whittle wood carefully and with pleasure
cawikuc'ug any metal
cawuciutar oarlock
caw'un oar
cawur- to run away because of stress; to leave; to seperate
cawurtur- to divorce; to separate (of married couples)
cawutem epua handle or shaft end of an oar
cawutem mullua oar blade
cawutem qengarti middle ridge of an oar
cayag red salmon
cayagaleg log with a groove soaked with sap
cayug- to want something; to want what?
cayugte- to twitch
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