ikiq |
noun root |
narrow passage / strait |
imaaq- |
verb root |
to fall into a body of water |
imaq |
noun root |
water; sea |
ingirraniq |
noun root |
(moving water) current |
ingiulittuq |
verb root + affix/ending |
There are large swells. |
ingiulittuq Iingiuliktuq) |
verb root + affix/ending |
large swells (ocean); rough waters |
isuqtuq |
noun root |
muddy unclear water |
itijuq |
verb root + affix/ending |
The water is deep. |
kangiqtuk |
noun root |
inlet; fiord |
kuugalaak |
noun root |
creek; stream |
kuuk |
noun root |
river |
kuuk- |
verb root |
to flow (water) |
malliqtuq |
verb root + affix/ending |
It is wavy (ocean). |
naluk- |
verb root |
to dive into the water |
piturnivik |
noun root |
tide at full moon |
qagaaq- |
verb root |
the motion of whitecaps forming on water |
qagaaqtuq |
verb root + affix/ending |
There are whitecaps. |
qamaniq |
noun root |
widening within the river |
qisuk |
noun root |
fog that forms over open water in winter; “sea smoke" |
qurlurniq |
noun root |
waterfall |
sijjaq |
noun root |
water's edge (land, ice) |
sinaa |
noun root |
water's edge; floe edge |
tajjaaraq- |
verb root |
waves on the shore on a calm day |
tariuq |
noun root |
ocean; sea; salt |
tasiarjuk |
noun root |
pond |
tasilimmut |
noun root + affix/ending |
to where there is a lake |
tasiq |
noun root |
lake |
tasiujaq |
noun root |
bay |
tininngajuq |
verb root + affix/ending |
It is low tide. |
tinit- |
verb root |
the motion of the tide going out |
ulinngappat |
verb root + affix/ending |
when it gets to high tide |
ulippat |
verb root + affix/ending |
when the tide is full |
ulit- |
verb root |
1. the motion of the tide rising 2. to be inside out |