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| Cup'ig | English Gloss |
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| laag- | to dig a hole |
| laagute- | to bury |
| Laakautarkar | personal name, meaning future water well |
| laanguar- | to play with toys |
| laanguarun | toy |
| laapar | large boat |
| laaraki- | to be dissatisfied; to want more |
| laawe- | to crouch down |
| lagturyaqleg | small sea anemone that rests between cracks of rocks and under sand |
| lagyar | ditch |
| lakcagte- | to dig vigorously |
| lampar | lamp; lighting fixture |
| langrat | vertical design or designs made from fish skin on a parka |
| lanrite- | is not digging |
| lavkar | building; frame house |
| lavqerte- | to duck down suddenly |
| lavte- | to knock down; to flatten; to fall down |
| legcicuar | small gaff attached to caguyar (wooden hat) |
| legcig | large hook; gaff |
| legcigpag | big ice hook; large gaff |
| legcikcuar | meat hook with long straight handle used to haul seals out of kayak or boat |
| legevkar- | to burn; to set on fire |
| leglegte- | to scrub with steel wool or the like |
| legtat | turquoise beads |
| legte- | to scorch; to char; to burn |
| lepliur- | to make a flapping sound in the wind |
| leqlepig | white-fronted goose |
| leqlernar | black brant |
| Leqlerrsurwig | lake in the western interior of Nunivak Island, meaning place to hunt molting geese |
| Leqlerrsurwigar | lake in the southwestern interior of Nunivak Island, meaning little place to hunt for molting geese |
| lerave- | to crumble; to shatter |
| lerli- | to make the noise of solid objects being put away or being taken out for use |
| liicugnaate- | will not learn |
| liigarte- | to catch on, to learn |
| liissar- | to teach |
| liissarista | teacher |
| liissaute- | to show how; to instruct |
| liitaqe- | to recognize |
| liite- | to learn |
| lirqe- | to cut out the pattern |
| lirqun | pattern |
| lisnga- | to be learned; to be knowledgeable |
| lisngiate- | to be ignorant; to not be knowledgeable |
| lumarrer | cloth of any type |
| luquckiar(ar) | small knife; pocketknife |
| Lurlingmiut | site in a bay on the east side of Nunivak Island, meaning people of the gurgling stream |
| Lurlur | personal name, meaning one who falls into water with a splash |
| lurlur | to swallow with gurgling sound |
| lurnir- | to set one's direction inland; to go further back inland |
| lurrlug | marsh; quicksand or bog; wet part of tundra |
| Lurtussikar | personal name, meaning person who makes a gurgling sound |
| luucitukuayaner- | to be a show-off |
| luussir | knife (not ulluar (woman's semi-lunar) style) |
| luussitar | horse |
| luvyuqnerar(ar)- | to be soaked from the rain |
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