Aġviq
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Aġviq (sg)/ Aġvak (dual) / Aġviġit (pl) (Balaena mysticetus) Niġrun-auruq. Aġviq taġiumi ittuq. Aġviġum sakimaŋa niqillautaq, uqaŋata kaŋiani. Aġviq aŋiłallaktuq.
Aġviq nivaallapiaqłuni iḷaanni narraatik iluġaan puipkaqługu aatqikłuni nakkaqtuq nivġalaqqaaqłuni.
Aġviġit[edit | edit source]
- Aġvaalik (Tanŋ. female bowhead whale with a calf)
- Aġvaaq (pl: aġvarrak) (Tanŋ. baby whale; whale calf )
- Aġvalutauraq (Tanŋ. weaned female whale (young and fat))
- Aŋirualuk (Ti) suli Aapsavak (Ti) (Tanŋ. very large whale)
- Aapsavaaluk (Tanŋ. very old male whale (often in last group of whales to migrate northward in spring))
- Iŋutuq (Tanŋ. young female whale (choice eating); young whale)
- Iŋutualuk (Tanŋ. old female whale)
- Iŋutugrauraq (Ti) (Tanŋ. baby female whale)
- Iŋutuvak (Tanŋ. large whale with rolled blubber on back; (Ti) fat mature female with curved nose)
- Naalunŋiaġiik (Tanŋ. mother whale with baby)
- Qaġliḷik (Ti) (Tanŋ. mature male whale with white section at base of flukes)
- Qairaliq (Ti) (Tanŋ. young whale which comes north for first time)
- Qairalliq (Tanŋ. two-year-old bowhead whale)
- Usiŋŋuaq (Tanŋ. large whale)
- Usiŋŋuaġaaluk (Ti) (Tanŋ. mature male whale)
- Usiŋŋuaġrauraq (Ti) (Tanŋ. baby male whale)
- Usiŋautchiaq (Ti) (Tanŋ. usiŋŋuatchiaq medium sized male whale; (Ti) young male whale)
- Usiŋŋuatchauraq (Tanŋ. male whale)
- Utchik (Tanŋ. whale’s tongue)