Cup'ig English Gloss
Ec - El Preliminary Cup'ig Dictionary
eci- to obcure vision; to have vision obscured
ecuite- to be crystal clear
ega- to cook
egaler window
egalerruar fake window for earring design
egasta cook; a person who cooks
egci- to throw something (usually trash) away
egciri- to render seal blubber
Egcivv'it (plural) hill in the southern interior of Nunivak Island, meaning place to throw things away
Eggalar personal name, meaning to rasp
egg'ar cooked food
egimar seal harpoon part, long narrow toggle that fits into spurred harpoon head
egleng- to begin to move, to begin to travel
eglengeksaate- is not moving yet, is not traveling yet
eglercugnaate- will not move; will not travel
eglerte- to move; to be on the move; to travel
eglertesaate- to not move yet; to not travel yet
egmianun right away; immediately
egmir- to continue on one's goal
egmiute- to continue on with (it)
egnia- to make plans to go on a trip
egqaqun bird net for capturing birds on a cliff
Egtarwig riverbank in the northern part of Nunivak Island, meaning where one casts out a fishing line to fish
egte- to throw out (trash); to cast out
egtugun chisel for horn or ivory, used like adze
egturte- to chip ivory
egwurci- to complain; to gossip
egwurcista person who starts complaints; a gossip
ek(rar)- to go across
eke- to put in; to get on
ek'er- to go across
ekiar small chisel used when working wood, in old days made of jade with a wooden or horn handle
ekiarayug- to feel queasy; to feel it is eerie
ek'rat (plural) elevated storage platform or racks for storing meat
ek'ur- to jump over an aawusar (log hung horizontally with rope from both ends) in a kiiyar (men's community house), in this process an Native games competitor jumps over the log as it approaches towards him and runs to the other side before the log swings back
ekurnag knoll; small round hill
elaturer enclosed porch; arctic entry
elciaqer- to burp out fluids from the stomach
elciayuli rock ptarmigan
elciqaruar man's labret with beads on a frame
elciqat drape for the door to prevent drafts
elegcig tool, graver for ivory
elevlegcet'at spinner toy (button with a string through the holes which when wound and pulled causes the disk button to spin making a whirring noise; bull-roarer toy
elirqe- to cut out a pattern
elissar- to teach; to study
elissari- to teach
elissarista teacher
elkarte- to be set in the proper place; to place in the right spot
elkeg they (two); them (two) (personal pronoun)
ella weather; outdoors; universe; world
ellaarute- to lose consciousness
ellaatessur- to ask someone for advice, suggestions or recommendations
ellait they (three or more); them (three or more) (personal pronoun)
ellake- to be careful
ellakenrir- to be in a coma; to be in a drunken stupor
ellakenrite- to be careless
ellallir- to rain
ellallug rain
ellalpag- to rain hard
ellangarte- to suddenly become aware
ellangcar- to admonish; to teach the difference between right and wrong, good from bad, to collect thoughts
ellange- to become aware of life; to be aware
ellangrat parka made of strips of bleached sealskin and gut or fishskin
ellanguar wooden ring that is put around a traditional mask to represent the world of the object represented by the mask
ellaniite- for weather to be bad
ellaqlir neighbor
ellarpag universe
ellarrlir- for there to be weather
ellate- exterior (of possessor); the area outside (of possessor)
elleg- to be thick in diameter; to be wide around
ellev- to brush stuff off (it)
ellgarte- to be settled; to fix as it should be; to put away in the proper place; to set into place
ell'i he; she; him; her (personal pronoun)
elli- to put; to set down
elliitawaten to ask for something from someone just in case he has some
ellikarar- to hone a knife
ellikarer whetstone
Ellikarmiut Taciat the bay of Ellikarmiut on the northwestern coast of Nunivak Island
Ellikarmiut coastal site, Nash Harbor, on the northwestern coast of Nunivak Island, meaning whetstone
ellilerwig tool bag with tools
ellimekcuaranrurwar- to have a habit of assigning chores to others;
ellimer- to assign a chore to order one to do something
elliqeryaram nun'i stern of boat
elliqeryarar outboard motor
ellir- to start and continue behaving in a certain way; to reach a certain time
elliraar(ar) parentless child; orphan
elliwiarat top cupboards
elliwig shelf
ellmar- to fill or be filled to the maximum
ellmegneg themselves (personal pronoun)
ellmineg herself; himself (personal pronoun)
ellngar- to seep out; to leak (of fluids)
ellngaryarer drain hole of boat
ellnginar(ar) lone individual
ellrilkaar- to be overly generous
ellrilkaaruteke- to squander; to use give out without saving for a time of need
elluar- to be right; to be correct, to be better
ellug- to shake off; brush off
ellur- to slide down
Elluwagar personal name, meaning to dust
elpec'i you (three or more) (personal pronoun
elpegiute- to become numb; to have no feeling; to be in a coma
elpegnaur- to feel around
elpegniur- to try to identify a taste
elpeke- to sense; to feel
elpekenrir- to go into a coma
elpengcar- to try to make one conscious; to try to make aware
elpenge- to become aware; to get feeling in one's body after being numb
elpet you (personal pronoun)
elpet'eg you (two) (personal pronoun)
elqiar traditional wooden visor; cap with visor
elqipcuar wooden eye-shade; modern eye-shade; salute
elqir beetle
elquar seaweed
elqunat cooked mixture of fungus or lichens from rocks, seal oil, and water (this mixture is rubbed on inside of kayak cover)
elqurrlug kelp
elturer grandchild
elzrawig lung
elzrikaute- to spent all; to use up; to give out and have no more; to squander
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