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| Cup'ig | English Gloss |
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| naa- | to be numerically complete |
| naaqe- | to read; to count |
| naaqerkar | book |
| naaqin | book |
| naaqiss'un | number chart for counting |
| Naasaapelarmiut | Nash Harbor (from the Cup'ig pronunciation of the English "Nash Harbor") |
| nacallngaar(ar) | sabine's gull; common black-headed gull |
| nacapcuar | monkshood |
| nacaqupagar | male lapland longspur |
| nacar | hat; cap; bonnet |
| nacarpig'ar | men's dance hat; man's fancy cap with strips of fur hanging on shoulders |
| nacaulleg | emperor goose |
| nacig- | to yearn for someone; to cry to go with someone |
| naggiiquyar | hunting harpoon; spear thrower |
| nagte- | to trip over and fall; to stumble |
| nagteq'er | belt buckle; belt stop of ivory or bone on a leather belt |
| nagutet | seal harpoon part (place where one holds the shaft) |
| Nakaar | personal name, meaning bladder |
| nakaci- | to have the need to urinate (of women) |
| nakacug | bladder |
| nakacugnar | calf of leg; gastrocnemius |
| nakacugtaller | dried bladder used for ceremonial purposes |
| naker- | to be straight; to be accurate |
| naki- | to agree |
| naklegnarqe- | to be pitiful; to evoke sympathy |
| naklegtar | compassionate; love |
| naklegtar- | to have compassion; to have grace; to have love |
| naklegyagute- | to forgive |
| naklegyug- | to feel compassion |
| nakmin | one's own |
| nakrun | seal harpoon part; fletching on arrow usually made from cormorant feathers |
| naku- | to be crossed-eyed; to feel high from of alcohol or other drugs |
| nakunar | large snail |
| nakuyulzngu- | to feel dizzy |
| nala- | to die; to wither |
| nalaqer- | to die suddenly |
| nalir | which one |
| nalke- | to be found; to find; to get it right |
| nalkestar | dice |
| nalkute- | to find something; to discover something |
| nalla | immediate area |
| nall'arruar | joint at the edge of canguyalkun (tracking stabilizer) and pamyur (stern piece) of a kayak |
| nall'arte- | to coincidently come upon; to find; to hit on target; to get it right |
| nallu- | to be unknowing; to not know; to be unaware |
| nallunarqe- | to be unpredictable; to be such as one cannot know what the outcome may be |
| nallunrir- | to find out about; to come to know |
| nallunrite- | to know |
| nallunritevkar- | to notify; to let (one) know |
| nalluqar- | to forget; to faint |
| nalluyagute- | to forget; to become unconscious |
| nalluyurci- | to be unfamiliar with something; to be unknowledgeable about what one is dealing with |
| nalqigte- | to explain in detail; to confront and explain |
| nalqir- | to be straight |
| nalug- | to toss; to throw |
| nalugarui- | for prints on the snow to become hard and elevated (as the surrounding snow sinks) |
| nalzmag | rib support in kayak or open boat |
| naner- | to put weight on something to keep it from blowing away |
| nangcar- | to tow |
| nangcarrsun | tugboat |
| nangci- | to mistreat someone |
| nange- | to be all gone; to consume or be consumed; to use up or be used up |
| nangnaalitar | thumb-guard with a strap that wraps around the wrist, used when carving |
| nangnenguat- | small arrow for hunting ptarmigan and similar birds |
| nangner | thumb |
| nangqur | seal harpoon part; barbed ivory foreshaft of alqunaun (foreshaft); sharp edge; antler arrow point with side barbs; drill bit; arrowhead |
| nangte- | to be sick; to be ill |
| nangugte- | to get worn out from much use |
| nangyun | sickness; illness |
| nani | where? |
| nanikiitar | plant used for the wick of a stone lamp (found on top of some very dry knolls; black inside and yellow on the outside; splits in half from the top toward the root, braid before use) |
| nanikua- | to be helpless; to be incapacitated; to be incapable of doing things |
| nanill'er | wooden bowl-shaped lamp with nanikiitar (wick) (see also ussuciar) |
| nanillrat | three posts in a kiiyar (men's community house) used for support |
| nanir | kerosene lamp |
| nanite- | to be short |
| nanrar- | to praise |
| Nanwag | lakes near a cliff on the west coast of Nunivak Island, meaning two lakes |
| Nanwar | lake in the southeast coastal area of Nunivak Island, meaning the lake |
| nanwar | lake; pond |
| Nanwarat Cikutit | October |
| Nanwarciar | crater lake in the southeast interior of Nunivak Island, meaning acquired lake |
| Nanwarciayagar | crater lake in the southeast interior of Nunivak Island, meaning lesser acquired lake |
| Nanwarrag | lake in the village of Mekoryuk at the northern part of Nunivak Island, meaning two small ponds |
| Nanwarrlugar | lake in the southeast interior of Nunivak Island, meaning dear old lake |
| nanwista | common eider |
| napa | tree |
| napackarte- | to get stuck penetrating into something into |
| napallageg | group of seven ribs in a boat |
| Napamiut | Napamute, Alaska |
| Napanguyar | rock protrusion on the cliffy west coast of Nunivak Island, meaning an upright projection |
| napaqer | northern pintail |
| napaqutarat | eight sled posts (posts other than pingutakug) |
| naparta | mast of a boat |
| napartar | barrel; keg |
| naparte- | to construct; to erect; to put up |
| naparyar | post |
| Naparyarer | Napakiak, Alaska |
| Naparyarmiut | Hooper Bay, Alaska |
| Napaskiar | Napaskiak, Alaska |
| napiller | holes for rope over top of kayak |
| napner | joint (of body) |
| napniqe- | to have pain in the joints; to have arthritis |
| naptaar- | to remove fish from a gillnet |
| naptar | whitefish of a certain type; least cisco |
| napte- | to catch in a set-net |
| naqugte- | to put on a belt |
| naqugun | belt for coat |
| Naqugutalzngur | personal name, meaning one without a belt |
| naqyucir- | to put trim on parka or kuspak |
| naqyutkaun | trimming |
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