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| Cup'ig | English Gloss |
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| tegge- | to be hard |
| tegg'i- | to become hard |
| tegglir | bead |
| teggmall'ug | dried fish |
| teggsag | hard wood; hickory |
| Teggsagar | sand dunes on the north coast of Nunivak Island, meaning hardwood for bows, sleds, etc |
| teggsiq'er | half dried herring (specifically made for cooking) |
| tegguar- | to make crimps for stitches on sealskin boot soles |
| tegguar1 | crimp for stitches on sealskin boot soles |
| tegguar2 | hostage; prisoner |
| tegleg | white mark on fingernail (so called "theft mark") |
| tegleg- | to steal |
| teglessuite- | does not steal |
| tegliur- | to steal; to take without asking |
| tegqucir- | to splint |
| tegqucirer | cord to pull seam in a kayak |
| tegu- | to take |
| tegulkaute- | to be bunched together (of hair or the like) |
| tegumiali- | to make dance fans |
| tegumialitar | potholder |
| tegumiaqe- | to hold in hand |
| tegumiar | dance fan |
| tegun | harpoon |
| teguqupagte- | to take more than enough |
| tegusta | policeman; trooper |
| tegute- | to take something |
| tegutet epuat | spear or harpoon part into which the metal metal head is fitted |
| tegyiar(ar)- | to peek; to spy |
| Tegyiwicuar | hill in the southern interior of Nunivak Island, meaning small lookout |
| Tegyiwig | hill with a crater in the southeast interior of Nunivak Island, meaning lookout |
| tekallragte- | to stand on end (of hair when dry after being wet) |
| tekalzragte- | to pack (things) so loosely that don't all fit |
| tekarte- | to protrude; to stand on end |
| Tekengcag | stream on the east side of Nunivak Island, meaning place to try to get an erection |
| tekep'ag- | to urinate in an arc (refers to male) |
| teki | hard white bone inside the cranium of fish |
| tek'i- | to have an erection |
| tekicugnate- | will not arrive; will not reach one's destination |
| tekite- | to arrive; to reach one's destination |
| Tek'rayug | cliff in the southwest coast of Nunivak Island, meaning place to hunt birds with a sinew net |
| Tekrilzngur | personal name, meaning one without a thumb (mainland word -- tekeq) |
| tema | body |
| temcike- | to find (it) funny |
| temciyug- | to find something funny |
| temikuyugglugar | bearded seal that is very large |
| temli- | to have a dream and talk, laugh, cry, or walk in one's sleep |
| tengag | pubic hair |
| tengaller- | to sail |
| tengauqsarar(ar) | kittiwake |
| tengaur- | to be flying |
| tengaurta | black-legged kittiwake |
| Tengaurtet Tanqiat | April, meaning the month of the birds |
| tengaurtet | parka made from black-legged kittiwake skin with feathers (used as camouflage for sliding over the ice to sneak up on game) |
| tenge- | to take off in flight |
| tengempag | giant bird |
| teng'guar(ar) | small black, blue and white colored bird that is seen in the ocean (could be a shearwater) |
| tengleryagar(ar) | little bug near the beach that tries to get into the eyes |
| tengluar- | to box (fight with fists) |
| tenglug- | to punch |
| tengmiar | bird (of any type) ; fowl |
| Tengmiarat Tanqiat | May, meaning the month of the birds |
| Tengmiarat Tengutit | June, meaning the month of the bird chicks flight |
| tengmiarrsur- | to hunt birds |
| tengmirrlug | bald eagle |
| tengssun | airplane |
| tengssutenguar | toy airplane |
| tengtarkat | Alaska cottongrass |
| tengte- | to blow away |
| tengug | liver |
| tengulzngurte- | to get the wind knocked out of one |
| tengyuite- | does not fly |
| tepaate- | to be odorless |
| tep'arayag | sea debris |
| tep'arrlug | sea debris |
| tepe- | to drift ashore |
| tepkegcar | perfume |
| tepkegcar- | to put on perfume |
| tepkegte- | to have a pleasant odor; to smell nice |
| teplicir(ar) | aged salmon head |
| tep'liur- | to have a good aroma (for example, good smelling wood smoke, aged foods, etc.) |
| tepluar- | to spit |
| teprayag | skunk (neologism) |
| tepsarqe- | to stink; to have an offensive odor |
| teptu- | to have a strong odor |
| teptukuyug | pleasant smelling plant, likely varerian, collected in summer |
| tepumirtur- | to go in and out (of fog) |
| teqiyaar(ar) | tern |
| teqsuqer | tail feather of bird |
| terikaniar | wolverine |
| terlag | ditch |
| terriar(ar) | weasel (in winter coloration); ermine |
| terrigte- | to catch (a person) talking about one |
| terrigyug- | to yearn for fresh fish |
| terrigyukarte- | to catch someone talking about you |
| teryiri- | to begin a coiled grass basket |
| tetengte- | to bulge |
| Tevcara'ar | portage in the north coast of Nunivak Island |
| Tevcaram Kuiga | river of Tevcarer south of Nunivak Island, meaning portage river |
| Tevcaram Nanwi | lake of Tevcarer south of Nunivak Island, meaning portage lake |
| Tevcararemiut | site on the north coast of Nunivak Island, meaning residents of Tevcara'ar |
| tevcarer | portage |
| Tevcarer | portage at a bay in the south of Nunivak Island |
| teviteviar(ar) | plover (note voiced v's) |
| Tevner | reefs on the north coast of Nunivak Island (3 |
| tevviriyukar- | to be curious; to be nosey |
| Tevyarat | hill in the southern interior of Nunivak Island, meaning way to go over |
| tewir- | to go over; to set (of sun) |
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