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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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berry berry, fruit
asriaq, dl. asriak, pl. asriat

Berries are good to eat.
Asriat niġiruni nakuurut.

2. bearberry -Arctostaphylos alpina-
tinnik, dl. tinniik, pl. tinniich

The bearberry is thick when chewed.
Tinnik kiniqtuq niġiruni.

3. bearberry -Arctostaphylos alpina-
kavlaq, dl. kavlak, pl. kavlat

The bearberry is bigger than the blackberry.
Kavlaq aŋitluktuq paunġamiñ.

4. blueberry
asriavik, dl. asriaviik, pl. asriaviich

The blueberry ripened.
Asriavik piŋŋuqtuq.

5. juniper berry
tulukkam asriaq, dl. tulukkam asriak, pl. tulukkam asriat

Juniper berries can be used for medicine.
Tulukkam asriaq mairisautlaruq.

There are lots of juniper berries on the hill.
Tulukkam asriat iñugiaktut ikpigaami.

6. red currant
niviŋŋaqutaq, dl. niviŋŋaqutak, pl. niviŋŋaqutat

A red currant is a berry and it is good to eat.
Niviŋŋaqutaq asriaŋuruq suli niġiruni nakuuruq.

7. salmonberry, cloudberry
aqpik, dl. aqpiik, pl. aqpiich

The salmonberry is orange when it is ripe.
Aqpik piŋŋuqami kaviaqtaaŋusruuruq.

8. crowberry, blackberry
paunġaq, dl. paunġak, pl. paunġat

He went to pick crowberries.
Paunġiaqtuq.

9. wild strawberry
ivgum asriaq, dl. ivgum asriak, pl. ivgum asriat

Wild strawberries are delicious.
Ivgum asriat nakuurut niġiruni.

10. rose hip berry
igruŋnaq, dl. igruŋnak, pl. igruŋnat

A rose hip berry is red.
Igruŋnaq kaviqsaaŋuruq.

11. trailing raspberry
tuunġaum asriaq, dl. tuunġaum asriak, pl. tuunġaum asriat

12. to pick berries
aullaqsruq-

She is picking berries.
Aullaqsruġniaqtuq.

She went berrypicking.
Aullaqsruġiaqtuq.

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