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| Cup'ig | English Gloss |
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| tapenqun | double amount (for example a double set of raingear that a hunter might use when encountering wet weather at sea) |
| taperrnar | beach grass (used to make grass baskets and bags) |
| Taperrnarrlugtuli | beach on the south coast of Nunivak Island, meaning place with lots of beach grass |
| Taperrnarrlugtulim Cingia | point of land on the south coast of Nunivak Island, meaning point of Taperrnarrlugtuli |
| tapir- | to add to what is being given |
| taplegci- | to catch two game animals with one gunshot or arrow |
| tapr(ar) | line (cord) across top of kayak |
| tapraar | peninsula; spit of land |
| Taprarmiut Kuigat | river ot Taprarmiut |
| Taprarmiut | site on a bay in the northeast part of Nunivak Island, meaning residents of a spit of land |
| taprite- | to have pain in the hands after long hours of work |
| tapruar | semipalmated plover |
| tapruartar | man's large median stone lip-plug |
| taptaryarag | pocketknife |
| tapte- | to crease; to fold |
| Taqcipag | African-American; Black person |
| taqe- | to finish; to conclude; to quit |
| taqer | vein |
| taq'i- | to change one's mind and quit; to cancel |
| Taqiggsullret | stream in the southwest interior of Nunivak Island, meaning place to get blackfish |
| taqikar | blackfish |
| taqinar- | to have an inflicted injury |
| taqlertur- | to angrily give up |
| taqmag | dress |
| taqnelug | elder; adult |
| taqukar | seal |
| taqukassur- | to hunt seals |
| Taqukat Tanqiat | March |
| taqute- | to finish; to complete |
| tararte- | to make no attempt to help those who are busy working or playing |
| taren(rar) | picture |
| tarenrar- | to photograph; to take a picture |
| tarenriur- | to look in the mirror |
| tarenriurun | mirror |
| taringe- | to comprehend; to understand |
| taringenrite- | to not comprehend; to not understand |
| taritev- | do not bother |
| tarnig | poisonous plant that grows around ponds |
| tarperar | drawstring for clothing or skin-boots |
| tarperkaun | lace for use as drawstring |
| tarperwigkaun | felt for making drawstring tube on skin-boot |
| tarr'i | look; let's see (exclamation) |
| tartur | kidney |
| tarwar | incense (mixture of qasru (birchbark) which was burned on special occasions) to bless sea head and feed them with this incense. The sea head are than thrown back to the ocean water and weighted down with rock. This occures in the spring. |
| taryaqvag | king salmon |
| taryir- | to salt |
| taryur | salt |
| Taryurnilzngum Kuiga | stream on the south coast of Nunivak Island, meaning river of Taryurnilzngur |
| Taryurnilzngur | lake on the south coast of Nunivak Island, meaning one with a salty taste |
| tasgu | give it to me |
| tassigyugciur- | to be short of time to finish a project |
| tass'uqe- | to hold hands with (him |
| tatkit | kayak rack(s) |
| taugg'am | however; except; but |
| tauna | that |
| tautunrir- | to become frail; to become terminally ill |
| tavqer- | to panic |
| tavviirte- | for something to suddenly happen |
| tawakestauna | see what happened, that's what you get |
| tawalkaayan'er | messy person |
| tawalkaayanrurwarte- | to be messy; to be an unruly person |
| tawani | there |
| tawatarri | right there |
| tawaten | like that |
| tawatna- | to be like that |
| tawigte- | to braid |
| tayarner | wrist |
| tayarnerutet | wrist tattoo; wrist band |
| tayaru | goose grass (greens that grow in ponds and are picked soon after the ponds thaw) |
| Tayarumiu | Japanese; Chinese; Asiatic |
| tayima-kua | that (not here) |
| tayimngurte- | to be late for a date; to late to arrive |
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