| Cup'ig | English Gloss |
|---|---|
| uciar- | to be loaded with supplies |
| uciir- | to unload |
| ucilir- | to load |
| Ucingurmiut | site at an estuary in the south of Nunivak Island, meaning residents of a place to take on cargo |
| ucug | penis |
| ucugyamqitag | oval shape |
| ucumqatag | anal fin |
| ucurnangnaqe- | to be a show-off |
| ucurnarqe- | to be awesome; to be amazing; to be a show-off |
| ucuryug- | to be amazed |
| ucuugeg | vagina |
| Ugcirer | point of land on the east coast of Nunivak Island, meaning place for walruses to beach |
| uginagumar | mother bearded seal swimming near an ice floe on which her pup is |
| uginar | bearded seal on ice floe |
| ugiyaqar- | to run aground (accidently or purposely) with a boat |
| Uglir Amaqlir | beach near Uglir, meaning Uglir on the other side |
| Uglir | point of land at Cape Etolin north of Nunivak Island, meaning place where walruses and seals beach |
| ugluussir | caterpillar |
| ugna | the one near the exit |
| ugte- | to remove footwear |
| uguci- | to perform acupuncture |
| uguner | to piled up sea ice; pressure ridge |
| ugyumi- | to grumble |
| ukamanqutar | one that is towed |
| ukamar- | to tow with a line (with caught fish, boat, etc.) while wading in the water or walking on the shore |
| ukamautar | towing rope or line |
| ukani | in this area toward here; this way (meaning both 'like this' and 'toward here') |
| ukaqsig- | to be close by |
| ukaqvanir- | to bring very close by |
| ukatruar- | to miss by shooting short |
| ukatrute- | to miss by shooting short |
| Ukayir | personal name, meaning one who comes this way |
| ukilqag | grass bag with open mesh, a type of kalzngag |
| ukinqucug | tote hole of kayak |
| ukisqir- | to help; to aide |
| ukisqiute- | to help out |
| ukite- | to bore a hole; to get an intentionally made hole |
| ukiutnar | hard-shelled sea creature that resembles a stick; snap or clasp (the creature about two inches in length and half an inch in width, to eat it one breaks the sea shell in half and sucks out the contents) |
| ukli- | to prepare food for cooking; to cut up meat or fish for cooking |
| ukna | the one coming; area toward here |
| uksi- | to spend winter at a particular place; to winter |
| uksiiyar- | to go to fall-camp |
| Uksiwigarmiut | site at an estuary in the southeast of Nunivak Island, meaning residents of the wintering place |
| uksuar | fall; autumn |
| Uksuar- | for fall to come |
| uksuqaute- | for winter to befall upon (winter fall upon a hunter who haven't return home from hunting, winter fall upon a bird who haven't flow south yet) |
| uksur- | for winter to come |
| uksur | winter |
| ukuar | daughter-in-law |
| ukveke- | to trust |
| ukver- | to believe (usually meaning, in God) |
| ukvekenrir- | to no longer have trust in |
| ukvektar- | to be easily deceived; to be gullible |
| ula | high tide |
| ule- | to rise (of tide) |
| ulevyuare- | to be closed tightly of plants |
| ulevte- | to be messy |
| ulig | blanket |
| uligui- | to act protectively (by distractine one's attention) concerning young (of birds) |
| ullacug | bearded seal with dark fur |
| ullirte- | to cut fish along vertebrae and turn inside out; to forcefully cut and open; to turn or be turned inside out |
| ulluar | traditional Eskimo woman's knife |
| ullugig | cheeks |
| Ullukarag | cliffs on the southwest coast of Nunivak Island, meaning toolbox |
| ullukarag | tool box |
| ulpecuqnar | toy or game in which a stick is tossed up and one tries to chave it fall into or through a small hole in a handheld compenent |
| ulpeg- | to boil |
| Ulpetat | seining site in an east beach of Nunivak Island, meaning place of tumbling |
| ulqir | wild cliff potato |
| Ulte- | to turned inside out |
| ulu | tongue |
| ulug- | to grasp (especially animal hide) with both hands and flex to soften |
| uluggsuutet | washboard |
| Ulurrug | stream in the west coast of Nunivak Island, meaning tongues |
| ulzganar | ruff |
| Ulzran | personal name, perhaps meaning incoming tide |
| umcig- | to be well sealed; to be waterproof |
| umciginga- | to refrain from having seal oil until summer at the time of one's son's first catching a seal |
| umeg- | to close or be closed; to block or be blocked |
| umig | tip or blade of harpoon or spear |
| umingmar | musk-ox |
| Umkumiut | Umkumiut, Alaska |
| Umkuta'ar | seal netting site on the northwest coast of Nunivak Island, meaning impending closure |
| umran | fish cover |
| Umyan | personal name, meaning large mussel |
| umyugarniur- | to have heavy thoughts; to be depressed; to be worried |
| umyugarrliqe- | to have very disturbing thoughts; to be very depressed |
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