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| Cup'ig | English Gloss |
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| kaacicar | barbel, specifically from an Arctic or gray cod |
| kaag- | to be hungry |
| kaame- | to drop crumbs |
| kaassalinar | camp stove |
| kaassar | gasoline |
| kaciitat | rocks mounted in a circle and lined with mud, serving as a place to store fish for fermenting |
| kakeggliyar(ar) | ridge going down from the nose to the upper lip |
| Kakeggliyarwig | September |
| kakegte- | to have a nose bleed |
| kakialanar- | to have a prickly feeling in one's tongue when eating fermented foods |
| Kakianer | personal name, meaning to have a prickly feeling |
| kakilacag- | to be paresthetic; to have a tingling sensation due to lack of blood flow to the extremities |
| kakilzragte- | to stand on end (of hair when dry after being wet) |
| kakitar | trail breaker; forerunner |
| kakite- | to aim; to be ready to spear; to shoot |
| kakivkar- | to have side pains due to much activity after a heavy meal |
| kakiwig | sewing bag |
| kalagar | pollock |
| kalantaassar | pencil |
| kalap'aatarkaun | caulking cotton |
| kalevner | chain link |
| kalikar | paper |
| kalikiurta | postmaster; postmistress; secretary |
| kalikiwig | post office |
| kalivte- | to be unable to do something; to be stranded |
| kalkar | flint |
| kal'kiissar | lead pellet |
| kallag | king in cards |
| kallagte- | to alarm; to ring |
| kallake- | to be loose in fit |
| kallakutar | bell; alarm |
| kallakutar- | to ring a bell |
| kallug | thunder and lightening; electricity |
| kaltar | playing card |
| kalukar | woman's bowl |
| kalukaryag | rattle; toy |
| kalzmaanar | |
| kalzngag | wide mesh grass bag (or two grass bags) |
| kalzngagguar | coltsfoot (a plant with large leaves) |
| kalzngapigar | grass bag in which the mesh is fairly tight |
| kalzwaguarte- | for there to be a gust of wind from above where one is sheltered |
| kamake- | to consider repulsive; to suspect |
| kameksag | ankle-high Eskimo skin-boot |
| kamilqiir- | to be barefoot |
| kamner | crumb |
| kan'a | that one down there; that one down towards a bay, ocean or river bank |
| kanani | down there toward the water or below |
| kanaqlag | muskrat |
| kanarte- | to be upside down; to come down to a body of water from inland |
| kaner | to frost; for there to be frost |
| kanevte- | to sprinkle; to shake something and remove snow, sand or the like |
| kangcir | wall plank in a building |
| kangcirer | wall mat made out of beach grass; wall |
| kanginge- | to have an answer (to a question); to find a principle behind something |
| Kangiqucugar | coastal bluff on west side of Nunivak Island, meaning little cove |
| Kangiqucugpag | bight on the coast in the northwest of Nunivak Island, meaning big little cove |
| kangiraleg | square; four sided dish; bent frame |
| kangiraluryag | square |
| kangirarer | four in playing cards |
| kangircir- | to put up a post for (it) |
| Kangiremiut | site in a coastal bay south of Nunivak Island, meaning residents of an estuary |
| kangirer | cove; estuary; corner |
| kangirqe- | to explain an answer to a question or the principle behind something |
| kangirta | stake for tying a dog |
| Kangirtulirmiut Kuiga | the river of Kangirtulirmiut |
| Kangirtulirmiut | fish-camp site in a bay on the south shore of Nunivak Island, meaning one with a deep bay |
| kangitner | red-bellied trout |
| kangiwari- | to roll up one's sleeves |
| kang'iyug- | to be curious about the principle behind something; to want to find out |
| kangpaassar | compass |
| Kangqileg | personal name, meaning one who has a cover |
| kangtu- | to be wide |
| kangu | snow goose |
| kankig | pair of ice skates |
| kantir | candy, confections |
| kapciir- | to take fish scale off |
| kapcilar | empty bullet cartridge; shell |
| kapcir | scale of fish |
| kape- | to poke; to stab |
| kapgelke- | to have a narrow fit |
| kapgete- | to be narrow |
| kapkaanar | steel trap |
| Kapuqarwit | bank of a river in the northeast part of Nunivak Island, meaning places for spearing fish |
| kapuswig | pin cushion |
| kap'utar | fork |
| kapuutet | spear with four barbs for fishing |
| kasme- | to push |
| kasmigutar | sealskin loop to hold harpoon shaft to stern of kayak |
| kasmii- | to put shirt inside pants |
| kasmurar- | to push continuously |
| kasmurraun | sled handle bar |
| kasnguite- | to be shameless |
| kasngunarqe- | to be embarrassing |
| kasnguyug- | to be bashful; to be embarrassed |
| Kass'alugpiag | Russian (literally: 'real white man') |
| kass'ar | Caucasian; person of the white race |
| Kassiglurmiut | Kasigluk, Alaska |
| Kassiyum Kangiqucua | coastal bay in the eastern part of Nunivak Island, meaning bay of Eskimo dancing |
| kassiyur- | to hold an Eskimo dance festival in fall or winter |
| kassug- | to encompass; to go completely around |
| kassugte- | to extend (it) completely around |
| kassuute- | to wed |
| katag- | to fall off; to drop unknowingly |
| kat'agun | device used for preparing tobacco |
| katautar | snow-beater for clothing |
| katgute- | to bump into (it) |
| katurcartur- | to be on the way going to a meeting |
| katurrvig | community hall |
| katurte- | to gather; to collect; to have a meeting |
| kau- | to cut around the seal's neckline and cut out blubber from the head; to reach into a pocket or any other cavity |
| kaug- | to club; to bat |
| kaugar | lard; tallow |
| kauggsikarag | bone breaker |
| kauggsipag | sledge hammer |
| kaugpag- | to hit a ball very hard with a bat |
| kaugpag | walrus |
| kaugpagte- | to catch a walrus |
| kaugpaleg | person or animal that is part walrus |
| kaugpangcar- | to journey into the ocean from a kiiyar (men's community house) to hunt for walrus, (referring to shamans taking a trip into the ocean) |
| kaugtur- | to repeatedly hit; to spank |
| kaugun | club; bat |
| kaugutagar | rock |
| kaugutar | fish club |
| kaukcag- | to spank, to pound |
| kaugtur- | to spank |
| kautuaryar(ar) | swallow (bird) |
| kavcir- | for hail to fall; to hail |
| kavlag | bearberry |
| kavlagpag | apple |
| kavmar | government (from English) |
| kavtag | hail; hailstone |
| kavviar | red fox |
| kawinge- | to blush; to become red in the face |
| kawiqicungar | one of last three ribs at bow of boat |
| kawiri- | to become red |
| kawirlir | gold |
| kawirliyagar | penny |
| kawirpag | red |
| kawivvgug | pink |
| kayangi- | to lay eggs |
| kayangu | bird egg |
| kayangurruar | biceps |
| kayangussur- | to go egg-hunting |
| kayime- | to push |
| kayivqur | bow-drill |
| kayivqur- | to start a fire by friction using a bow-drill |
| kayiwallr(ar) | circle design |
| kayiwaun | compass for making circles |
| Kayum Pen'a | cliff on the northwest side of Nunivak Island where one can pick wild cliff lettuce, meaning sculpin's cliff |
| kayumigte-1 | to strive; to be determined |
| kayumigte-2 | to fasten one's rain parka to rim of kayak hatch |
| kayur | sculpin; bullhead |
| kayuri- | to have a strong offensive odor |
| kayurpag | giant ocean sculpin |
| kayurrlugar | giant sculpin found in rivers |
| kayurun | bicep straps used in dancing |
| kayutag | bow of bow-drill used to make fire by friction |
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