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| Cup'ig | English Gloss |
|---|---|
| giimar | part of seal harpoon, long narrow toggle that fits into spurred harpoon head, caweg tip |
| gilraur- | to travel |
| Icaranin | personal name, meaning one to be tidied |
| iciwar | a few days ago; recently |
| ig | eye |
| igagte- | to turn on one side; to lean; to tilt |
| igartar- | to urinate raising one leg (referring to male animals |
| igaruarun | story-knife |
| igcet'ar | fox trap that looks like a house |
| ige- | to swallow |
| igg'arte- | to suddenly fall |
| iggayu- | to be a champion; to defeat all opponents in a competition or series of competitions; great hunter or fisherman |
| iggayul'i | champion; great hunter or fishermen |
| igguag | eyeglasses; snow goggles |
| Igigkarrat1 | place on Nunivak Island across the bay from Mekoryuk |
| igigkarrat2 | a certain constellation where lots of stars are clustered together |
| igigta | animal dens |
| igigtaun | secret berry patch one continues to pick from and tell no one about |
| iglag | esophagus |
| igte- | to fall from a high place |
| igug | testicle |
| igur-1 | to jell; to stiffen of body or of extremities |
| igur-2 | to defend; to be protective of a person when someone argues, fights or harms him or her |
| igwar- | to come into view |
| Igwar | point of land on the northwest coast of Nunivak Island, meaning to come into view |
| Igwaryarag | point of land on the west coast of Nunivak Island, meaning two places to come into view |
| Igwaryarer | point of land on the south coast of Nunivak Island, meaning a place to come into view |
| igyarer | throat |
| igyariqe- | to have a sore throat |
| igyuar(ar)- | to whisper |
| Iigmiut | Eek, Alaska |
| iili- | to wash one's face |
| iiliss'un | wash basin |
| iilliqe- | to have a sore eye or sore eyes |
| Iilzgayar | Dillingham, Alaska |
| iingacullua | pierced nose |
| iingakuyug | human skull |
| Iingan | personal name, meaning an eye |
| iingarnat | volcanic rock with many holes |
| Iingircaun | point of land on a bay on the north coast of Nunivak Island, meaning place to remove eyes or to get snow blind |
| iini | across there, over a river or valley |
| iiqupag | seed |
| iir- | to hide |
| iiralitat | campfire rock guard |
| iirutar- | to play hide and seek |
| iissuuyar- | to have a sty in one's eye |
| ikaarruar | horizontally striped thin cloth |
| ikamracuarag | little sled (one or two) |
| ikamrag | sled (one or two) |
| ikamrapigag | an old fashioned sled of ancient times, not a modern qamaug |
| ikamri- | to make a sled |
| ikani | across there |
| ikarall'in | grass mat used on kayak seat |
| ikegli- | to decrease in number |
| ikgar- | to sneak up on; to stalk |
| ikgelke- | to be dissatisfied; to complain that what one has received is too little |
| ikgete- | to be few in quantity; to be little in amount |
| ikigte- | to tilt up; to bend over so as the buttocks protrude |
| ikii | exclamation of discomfort at something bad, filth, wet, or ugly |
| ikiitug | wild celery; cowslip |
| ikilipig | ring finger |
| ikirciss'un | can opener |
| ikirte- | to open or be open |
| ikircugnaate- | will not open |
| ikug1- | to pry and lift using a lever; to pry open |
| ikug2- | to crimp to make sealskin soles for maklaks |
| ikugte- | to half cook whole sourdock |
| ikuktar- | to probe with a pole or stick; to lever repeatedly |
| ikuukar(ar) | bone tool for pushing cords through holes |
| ikuyeg | elbow |
| ikuyegarner | measurement, from elbow to finger tip |
| ila | relative; peer; partner, |
| ila- | to add to; to be mixed with |
| ilaciqtar- | to have heavy breathing after working or running |
| ilag- | to tangle |
| ilagar- | to join in with |
| ilagaute- | to mingle with others; to associate with others |
| ilake- | to be related to; to be part of |
| ilaksagute- | to become related |
| ilakuar | left over of food, or something consumable |
| ilakui- | to leave a share for (him) |
| ilaliur- | to be sociable |
| ilalke- | to mistreat; to be cruel towards |
| ilalkissuite- | to never mistreat others |
| ilalkitu- | to habitually mistreat others |
| ilalkuinraqer- | to travel on land coming in and out of view to distant observers |
| ilangarte- | to subtract; to take away part of; to reduce in quantity |
| ilangci- | to leave alone; to pay no attention to |
| ilaniite- | to be unfriendly |
| ilanir- | to be friendly |
| ilirer | friend |
| illaar- | to untangle; to get untanglesd |
| illaassug | cross fox |
| ill'artayuli | gnat |
| ilu | interior |
| ilukegci- | to feel pleased; to feel good inside |
| ilukite- | to be shallow (of objects) |
| iluleg | deep serving spoon |
| iluliarun | great-grandchild |
| iluliqe- | to have an intestinal disorder; to have an upset stomach |
| ilulirtur- | to put on layers of clothes |
| ilulkar- | to get food poisoning |
| ilulkucugar | great-great-grandchild |
| ilullugte- | to be stinky, to give out strong odor |
| ilulzngu- | to have an upset stomach and intestinal track |
| ilumun | truly |
| ill'unar | deep crevice in sand dunes, rounded bottom bowl |
| ilunge- | to be enthusiastic |
| ilupeqsar | sock |
| iluper | underwear; lining |
| iluqlir | undershirt; lining; inside layer of hatch rim of kayak |
| ilur- | to have frost (inside an object or house) |
| ilurer | cousin |
| ilussaqerte- | to get food poisoning |
| ilussarte- | to have food poisoning |
| Ilussug | personal name, meaning one that has an inside |
| iluteqe- | to be sad; to be heartbroken |
| ilutmurtar | Eskimo boot for men with fur inside |
| ilutu- | to be deep; to have depth (of objects) |
| iluyarag | hatch rim of kayak |
| iluyarer | tunnel entry to a sod house; underground entrance |
| ilzgulzgar | poor person with tattered clothing |
| ilzngingqerr- | to have no front teeth |
| ilzwar- | to put something inside for storage |
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