PE -PI Preliminary Cup'ig Dictionary
Cup'ig English Gloss
pegte- to let go from one's grip; to release
pek'arte- to move suddenly; to jerk
peke- to move; to stir
pekevyirte- to move about continuously; to wiggle
pekner tall grass with pink stem (edible)
pekutar shovel
pekutar- to shovel
pekutarruar xiphoid process
pelacinar twine; string
pelatekar tent
pelatug scarf
peleqpel'er frog
pelit'ar stove
pellaa- to get lost due to bad weather conditions; to loose direction
pellug- to pass (of time); to be over (of an event); to be over; to subside and stop (of weather condition)
pellukutar leaf
Pelular personal name (from English "Flora")
pelur ash from bark (or birch fungus) mixed with tobacco to prepare it for chewing snuff
peluyarte- to go make tobacco ash
penacuar bluff; small cliff
Penacuarmiut Kuigat river of Penacuarmiut
Penacuarmiut Taciat bay of Penacuarmiut
Penacuarmiut site on the southwest side of Nunivak Island, meaning village of small cliffs
Penacuat site in southwest part of Nunivak Island, meaning small cliffs
Penaleg crater lake in the southern interior of Nunivak Island, meaning one with cliffs
penar cliff
Penaram Iqua point of land on the northeastern coast of Nunivak Island, meaning the end of a medium sized cliff
Penarpag cliffs on the west coast of Nunivak Island, meaning big cliff
Penarrlit cliffs on the northwest coast of Nunivak Island, meaning major cliffs
peng'garte- to worry about someone who is away
Pengui sand dunes in the southeast part of Nunivak Island near Nunarrlugarmiut
peng'ur sand dune
peqlicir- to soften an animal skin by repeated soaking
peqlirte- to be crispy; to be easy to snap
pequnqauksuar(ar) very small item wrapped in something
pequnret ice cracks along river or ocean shore formed as tide goes in and out making ice pile up
peq'ur ice that erodes away along the river banks and gets steep; piece of sod
perci- to bend wood (using steam usually)
perciss'un bending tool
perlerci- to have stiff and numb hands from the cold; to be torpid
perr'u dried soil
perte- to bend
petgerner chip or chipped part of something
petgerrii- to chip (of enamel ware or the like)
petug- to tie to a post; to tether
peturte- to soak through; to penetrate clothing (of liquid)
pi thing; person; one
pi- to do something; to say something
piani back there; up away from the shore or riverbank
piciatun anyplace; any old way; carelessly
piciqiar- to be going to do something
picir truth
picirliqe- to be confronted with misfortune
piciu- to be true; to be right
piciunrite- to not be the one; to not be the right one; to be untrue
piciurte- to fulfill what has been predicted; to come to pass
piciuyaaqe- to maintain that one is right
picu- to be a great hunter; to catch a game every time one goes out to hunt
picugnga- to be arrogant
picugte- to be proud, to have pride in self, to boast
picuilliqe- to be unable to catch game
picuite- to never catch game
piculi a successful hunter
picurlag- to be wounded; to be in peril
picurlagyalkun something to preventing accidents b
picurliqe- to be in an accident; to be in trouble
picurliqner- to be an accident-prone
piilicar pepper
piini up above; up there; high above
piirrer braid of half-dried fish or meat with beach grass, hung for storage
piirri- to braid half-dried fish or meat with beach grass
piite- to be absent; to be away; to not possess
pikani up there
pikaunrir- to be unable to fix or do something
pike- to own
pikmayi- to determine ownership
piknertuke- to consider more important; to have more possessive ownership
pilag- to carve (meat); to cut up (meat)
pilagtuarun slender-shaped clam
pilagtur- to perform or undergo a surgical operation
pili- to make
pillgu- to be a champion; to be really good at something; to have stamina
pilliar hand made thing
pillralir- to catch game for the first time
pillugte- to break
Pimaayug site at a northwest coastal bay of Nunivak Island, meaning place to do something
Pimaayum Kuiga river of Pimaayug
pinagte- to act and think one is superior to others; to act snobbish
pinevkar- to make rope from sealskin
Pingayan personal name, meaning the number three
pingayun ipiar sixty
pingayun three
pingayuneg kangiraleg triangle
pingayunleg eight
pingcir half-dried Dolly Varden stored in seal oil in a poke
pingcillngi- to toss out merchandise to hopeful bystanders from a sod house (or of such elevated place) to celebrate one's first catch
pingnaqe- to try to do something
pingnaqenrite- to unintentionally do something
pingqerr- to have; to possess
pingutaqug last post at rear of sled; post from floor to rail
pinialke- to dislike
piniate- to be bad; to be not good
pinimyug- to be pretty; to be cute
piniqe- to love; to like
piniqenrite- to dislike
piniqnarqe- to be likable; to be lovable
pinir- to be good; to be well; to be nice
pinircar- to groom
piniri- to get well in health; to heal
piniteke- to boast about what one does
pinqegcar(ar)- to always do everything precisely and neatly
pinqegg- to clean-up perfectly; to neatly take care for all tasks
piqertar- to use an axe; to chop
Piqrutallret point of land on the east coast of Nunivak Island, meaning ones who lost an axe
piqrutar axe
piqtarqer- to suddenly take place at a given time
pircir- for there to be a blizzard
pirlar guard strip made of antler on keel of kayak or open boat
pirtug blizzard
pirturcir(ar) land otter
pissaqe- to act deliberately in an unacceptable manner; to act obnoxiously; to intentionally do things which one should not do
pissuar- to tempt
pissur- to hunt
pistaar- to tease; to bother; to pick on
pita- to be a particular size; to be a certain age
pitalqegg- to be just right; to fit perfectly
pitarkar game animal
pitateke- to be the same size or length; to be the same age
pite- to catch game; to take game
pitgar bow
pitgar- to shoot an arrow with a bow
piu- to be the proper one; to be the the correct or right one
piug- to walk; to stroll
piungssi- to go for a pleasure stroll
piuqutkat things (wood, cloth, etc.) that are needed for a special purpose
piuraanar- to finally do something
piurte- to reach one's goal
piwagte- to make a shuffling noise
piwigkaate- to have no more room; to be crowded
piyug- to yearn; to desire; to covet; to want
piyugnga- to be capable of acting
piyugtuangarte- to desire for, to want something from someone
pinyunrite- to not want
piyurrluar(ar)- to treat nicely; to be courteous
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