IñupiaQ to English

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tubnaaq joiner (N)
tubvabaa puts it away
tugaktuq pokes it with a stick
tuggaun poking stick
tuggayuuq wasp, hornet, yellow jacket
tuglaubaa shields him, protects him
tugrun (11) skin's lashing ropes (11)

tui shoulder (K)
tuikkaq shoulder
tukkaq toggle head

tukkumavik hotel, inn (N)
tukkuq host
tukkuraaq throat (pharynx)
tukkuruq stays overnight, is a guest
tuktaq fermented walrus meat rolled in walrus skin
tulaktuq returns from the water, lands
tulimaaq rib
tulimaat ribs (costae)
tullignaq ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
tullik golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)
tullikpak black-bellied plover (Squatarola squatarola)
tulugabnaq bank swallow (Riparia riparia), cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) (lit. resembles raven)

tulugabnasrugruk barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
tulugabnauraq tree swallow (Iridoproene bicolor)
tulugaq raven (Corvus corax)
tulukkam asriaq juniper berry (Fructus juniperus) (lit. raven's berry) (K)
tulukkam asriat juniper berries (Fructus juniperus), a medicinal drink
tulukkam ittuq rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (lit. like raven)
tulukkam nauligaafa parasitic plant on alder roots (Boschniakia rossica) (lit. raven's spear)
tulukkatun ittuq rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (lit. like raven)
tulvik (11) fore and aft framing member to which skin is lashed (11)

tumaqsrubaa fits it together
tumi track (trail)
tunfagaa rests firmly on it
tunfaruq rests firmly on, trusts
tunfaviksraq place for foundation, place for trusting
tuniglaktubvik offering place (gifts of food set out to secure good luck)
tuniqsimaruq is faithful
tunisiruq sell
tunixabaa gives it, makes a present of it, sacrifices it
tunixxajiq sacrifice (K)
tunixxaqtujiq sacrifice
tunu back, loin
tunuani in behind, to his rear
tunusisaq hard covering of small stomach
tunusruk rounding of back of head (occipital)
tunusuk rounding of back of head (occipital) (K)
tunutkaa turns his back on him
tunuttuq turns his back to
tupakkaa startles him
tupaktuq is startled
tupigigaa obeys him (K)
tupiksrioiq obedience (K)
tupiq tent (N)

tupiq house (K,q,n) tent (N)
tupit facial tattoo lines

tuppiruq builds a house (K)
tupsigaa finds an animal track
tuqjuaq chimney (K)
tuqjubaa calls him, hails him
tuqjubaa calls him, hails
tuqjubaqtuq shouts (K)
tuqjuk windpipe (trachea)
tuqjularuq calls (K)
tuqpallaktuq gets upset (K)
tuqtuqtaq timepiece, clock (K)
tuqufaiefaabman before he had died . . .
tuqunasrugniaqjugu is thought to be dead
tuqunayaitchuq he would not have died
tuquruq dies
tuquruq dies
tuqutauyasiruq is about to be killed
tuqutkaa kills it
tuquttuq kills himself
turraaturaq pacific godwit, bartailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)
turvaqsivik storage place (K)
tusaalaitchuq is deaf (N)
tusaapqauraqamigich as soon as he heard them
tusaaruq hears (N)
tusaayugaabiksuaq Gospel (lit. what is good to hear) (N)
tusiattuq is lame (N)
tusixxaqtuq is deaf
tusraaruq hears (K)
tusraayugaallautaq Gospel (lit. what is good to hear) (K)
tusratlaitchuq is deaf (K)
tusriattuq is lame (K)
tusrugaa is envious of him (K)
tusruruq is envious (K)
tusugaa is envious of him (q)
tusuruq is envious (q)
tutaaluga my grandchild
tutipqich stairs, ladder, steps (K)
tutiruq steps on
tutitchiaba my grandchild
tutmabaa stepped on it
tutqiksuq is content, is at peace (within)
tutqiksuq is content, is solid, is peaceful
tutqiun peace (N)
tutqiun peace, contentment
tutquqsivik storage place (N,q)
tutquqtuuruq is settled in (having moved)
tuttaaqtuq goes to bed (N)
tuttu caribou (Rangifer arcticus)

tuttugaabruich huge herd of caribou (K)
tuttugaabruich herd of caribou (K)
tuttugaurat a few caribou
tuttuliaqtuq is hunting caribou
tuttulik boot with caribou sole
tuttunniqsuq has apparently caught a caribou
tuttuq touches ground, bottom, lands
tuttuq upper leg (drumstick) (N)
tuttuqjuk pig (lit. queer deer) (N)
tuttuqpak horse (lit. big caribou)
tuttuqpaurabatat huge herd of caribou (N)
tuttutullaturuq likes to eat caribou
tuttutuqtuq is eating caribou
tuttutuqtuq eats caribou
tuttuvak moose (Alces alces)

tuubaa chisels it
tuubniq dot
tuugaaq walrus tusk, ivory
tuunbaabruk surf scoter (Melanitta perspicallata)
tuunbaq helping spirit of a shaman, devil, Satan
tuunbaq evil spirit, devil
tuunbaqtalik shaman, supplied with a helping spirit, a demon, evil spirit
tuunbaum asriaq trailing raspberry (Rubus pendantus) (lit. devil's berry) (K)

tuunbaurisaaq a whirlwind (moving horizontally, chiefly across water)
tuuq ice chisel (metal point on long pole for making fishing holes in ice)
tuuqtuq chisels
tuutaq lip-plug, labret
tuutlik yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii)
tuutraq ridge beam

tuutuq is lashing skin to the frame

tuuyuq downy woodpecker (Dendrocopus pubescens)
tuuyuqpak hairy woodpecker (Dendrocopus villosus)
tuuyusrubruk yellow-shafted flicker (Colaptes auratus borealis)
tuvaaq hunter (N)
tuvaaqataibeiq widow, widower, (lit.without a partner) (K)
tuvaaqataitchuq bachelor (N)
tuvaaqatiga my partner (husband or wife) (N)
tuvaaqtuq attracts caribou by hollering
tuvaitchiaq solid ground
tuvaq landlocked ice
tuvaurat three stars of sword in constellation Orion (N lit. little hunters K lit. linked ones) (N)
tuvlaubaa shields him, protects him
tuvrabaa follows him, tracks him, imitates him
tuvraktuq is tracking
tuvraqtuq follows a trail or pattern
tuyubigaa sends it
tuyubmiaq guest
tuyuutit sent things, mail
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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.