The Kobuk Junior Dictionary is from the 1979 Alaska Native Language Center Publication, available for purchase for $30 the ANLC website.
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discipline:nalġuqsruun Discipline should be practiced by everyone. Nalġuqsruun iñupayaam atuqtaksraġigaa. |
disease:atniġñaun Disease in the body is bad. Atniġñaun timimi pigiitchuq. |
disembark:niu- he has disembarked niuruq, dl. niuruk, pl. niurut The man has disembarked from the boat. Iñuk niuruq umiamiñ. |
dish:puggutaq, dl. puggutak, pl. puggutat Where are my dishes? Naami puggutatka? |
dislike:iłuaginġit- he dislikes his action iłuaginġitchaa, dl. iłuaginġitchaak, pl. iłuaginġitchaat She dislikes the action of the person who was against her. Iłuaginġitchaa paaqsaaqtini. 2. to dislike -esp. a potential possession- naġġu- he dislikes it naġġugigaa, dl. naġġugigaak, pl. naġġugigaat My older brother dislikes his new shirt. Aniŋama naġġugigaa atikłuksrautni. She dislikes her new pants. Naġġuruq kamikłutchiaġmiñik. 3. to dislike nakuaġinġit- I dislike you. Nakuaġinġitchikpiñ. He dislikes her. Nakuaġinġitchaa. |
disobey:kamaksriñġit- he is disobedient kamaksriñġitchuq, dl. kamaksriñġitchuk, pl. kamaksriñġitchut The child is disobedient. Iyaalugruaq kamaksriñġitchuq. 2. to disobey, to go against paaqsaaq- He disobeyed her and left. Paaqsaaqługu aullaqtuq. |
distant:aippaavak All these past years, that woman would catch fish with a net. Aippaavak tara taamna aġnaq kuvraqtuqtuq. 2. to be long, of distance or duration sivisu- The length of the river is long. Sivisuruq kuuk. 3. to be short of distance, or duration sivikit- The stream is short. Sivikitchuq kuuġuuraq. 4. at a distant place taavani He is far off at a distant place. Taavani ittuq. 5. to be distant uŋasrik- it is distant uŋasriksuq Kotzebue is far from Kobuk. Qikiqtaġruk uŋasriksuq Laugviiŋmiñ. |
dive:nakkaq- he has fallen into the water nakkaqtuq, dl. nakkaqtuk, pl. nakkaqtut he has fallen into the water nakkaqtuq, dl. nakkaqtuk, pl. nakkaqtut The beaver has dived into the water. Pałuqtaq nakkaqtuq imġum iḷuanun. The grebe dived. Suġliq nakkallaktuq. |
divide:autaaq- he is dividing it autaaġaa, dl. autaaġaak, pl. autaaġaat He is dividing the caribou meat. Tuttum niqaa autaaġaa. 2. to divide into portions, to break into pieces avguq- Divide this among them. Avguġuŋ una iliŋitñun. |
divining rod:In the old days, some of the Iñupiat had divining rods. Taipchua Iñupiat iḷaŋich qillatiqaġniqsut. |
dizzy:iivyaaŋa- he is dizzy iivyaaŋaruq, dl. iivyaaŋaruk, pl. iivyaaŋarut He is dizzy today. Iivyaaŋaruq uvluvak. 2. to be dizzy kaivraanŋu- He is dizzy. Kaivraanŋuruq. I wonder why he is dizzy. Suplunitai kaivraanŋuva. 3. to be dizzy iivyaanŋu- She is dizzy. Iivyaanŋuruq. |
doll:The doll is in the box. Iñuŋŋuaq suluutmi ittuq. |
done:itqanaiq- It is done. Itqanaiqsuq. He finished it. Itqanaiġaa. 2. to be done pianik- it is done, he did it already pianiktuq He did it. Pianikkaa. It has been done. Pianiksimaruq. |
donkey:natmakti, dl. natmaktik, pl. natmaktit The donkey is tired. Natmakti iñiqtuqtuq. |
dot:Mark it right on the dot. Taamna tuuġniq nalaullaksaġlugu tuuġuŋ. |
dowitcher:siyyukpalik, dl. siyyukpallak, pl. siyyukpalgich A long-billed dowitcher is a bird. Siyyukpalik tiŋmiurauruq. |
dragon:tiritchiq, dl. tiritchik, pl. tiritchich |
draw:atriḷi- he is drawing her likeness atriḷigaa, dl. atriḷigaak pl. atriḷigaat The man is drawing a likeness of the photograph. Aŋutim atriḷigaa agliutraq. 2. to draw, to pull nuqit- he is drawing it, she is pulling it nuqitkaa, dl. nuqitkaak, pl. nuqitkaat He is pulling the boat from the water. Umiaq nuqitkaa imiġmiñ. 3. to draw near qalli- he is drawing near to it qalliyaa, dl. qalliyaak, pl. qalliyaat The moose has come near the water. Tiniikam qalliyaa imiq. |
dream:siññaktuq- he is dreaming or he dreamed siññaktuqtuq, dl. siññaktuqtuk, pl. siññaktuqtut My father dreamed that he was fishing in a big lake. Taataga siññaktuqtuq qaluŋniaqhuni narvaqpaŋmi. |
dress:The woman is wearing the dress. Aġnam atuġaa ataraq. 2. dress; flannel longjohns ataraaq, dl. ataraak, pl. ataraat I have a dress. Ataraaqaqtuŋa. 3. to dress atnuġaaqtuq- She is dressing. Atnuġaaqtuqtuq. 4. to dress up, to primp piviksaq- She dresses up, trying to look pretty. Piviksaqtuq. |