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The Milkweed National Fiction Prize
TO MY MOTHER, WHO WAS THERE
IÑUPIAQ GLOSSARY
| aachikaaŋ | watch out! danger! |
| aana | grandma |
| aaqqaa | something stinks, smells bad |
| aarigaa | an expression of satisfaction |
| aatchuq | to give |
| adii | an expression of hurt, disappointment (modern pronunciation) |
| aiy | ugh |
| akutuq | Eskimo ice cream, whipped fat with berries and fish |
| alapit | to black out, to be drunk, to be unaware, as when delirious |
| alappaa | it is cold, to get cold |
| arii | an expression of hurt, disappointment (elder pronunciation) |
| atchiq | to name |
| atchit | to lend something to someone |
| atikłuk | traditional pullover shirt |
| babiche | rawhide strips (French word) |
| bart | buddy, friend |
| bun | daughter (slang) (Iñupiaq word: “panik”) |
| guuq | it is said, someone once said (an ending to a sentence) |
| ichuun | skin scraper, flensing tool |
| igamaaqłuk | half-dried fish or meat |
| iġitchaq | pluck feathers |
| iŋaluat | blind intestines |
| iññuqun |