Aġviq
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Aġviq (sg)/ Aġvak (dual) / Aġviġit (pl) (Balaena mysticetus) niqsauruq. Aġviq taġiumi itchuuruq. Aġviġum sakimaŋa niqilluataq, 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)
Aġviqsiuqtit[edit | edit source]
- Nauligaun (Taniktun: darting gun)
- Tukaqti (Taniktun: rope attached to the float)
- Akłunaaq (Taniktun: rope)
- Qialġun (Taniktun: detachable harpoon head, which goes in whale when bomb is expended, attached with rope to a float; “ head of whale harpoon”)
- Qalugiaq (Taniktun: whaling harpoon with flint or iron spearhead in foreshaft)
- Qaġruq (Taniktun: bullet / cartridge/ any projectile)
- Iksaqtitaun (Taniktun: trigger rod of darting gun)
- Nuvua iksaqtitautim (Taniktun: tip of trigger rod of darting gun)
- Aaqtitaun (Taniktun: rod that sets the trigger of a darting gun back for firing)
- Sivu (Taniktun: front of boat)
- Aqu (Taniktun: back of boat)
- Qiglu (Taniktun: bow deck)
- Avataqpak (Taniktun: float)
- Umiapiaq (Taniktun: skin boat)
- Umiirautit (Taniktun: sled to haul a boat)
- Uniat (Taniktun: sled)
- Aġviqsiuqtit (Taniktun: whaling crew)
- Takuyaq (Taniktun: flag)
- Aġviqsiuġniq (Taniktun: whaling)
- Maktak (Taniktun: whale skin & blubber)
- Uunaalik (Taniktun: fresh boiled maktak)
- Niqitchiaq (Taniktun: meat)
- Uumman (Taniktun: heart)
- Utchik (Taniktun: whale tongue)
- Taqtu (Taniktun: kidney)
- Iŋaluaq (Taniktun: intestine)
- Aqikkaak (Taniktun: flukes)
- Suqqaq (Taniktun: baleen)
- Kapuqti (Taniktun: harpooner)
- Nauligaqti (Taniktun: harpooner)
- Satkut (Taniktun: weapons)
- Aġviliqun (Taniktun: whaling gun)