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avaalaruq yelps with pain (K, q)
avaffa from afar off, from over there (N)
avakfa from afar off, from over there (K)
avallaktuq travels straight out from the shore
avalliq the farthest over
avanfagaa all around him
avani located over there
avanmun toward each other (N)
avataaqtat framing lumber
avatalibuuvaq snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) (p)
avataqpak float (buoy) (N)
avatmun toward each other (K)
avatraq (5) fluke (5) (K)

avieeaq mouse, vole (Microtus operarius), lemming (Synaptomys borealis) (K)
aviffaq brown lemming (Lemmus trimucronatus) (N)
aviktuq cuts, divides (meat, bread, etc.)
avilaitqan friend (N)
avixuqtaqtuq bell rings
avixuqtaqtuq bell rings
avixuqtaun bell (lit. instrument for repeated noise by striking)
avixuqtaun bell (an instrument to make repeated noise by hitting) (K, q, p)
avu, qapsitaaq sugar (K)
avufa towards there (over there)
avva far off (in place or time), over there (shoreward)
avvaq one half
avyuq dust (N)
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Dialect Note: (N) after a word or meaning indicates use in the North Slope villages, (K) after a word or meaning indicates use in the Kobuk River villages.