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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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one breast, milk
miluk

both breasts
milluk

The woman’s breasts are full.
Aġnam milluk immiqsuk.

2. to breastfeed someone
miluktitchi-

she is breastfeeding
miluktitchiruq

3. to breastfeed
miluktit-

she is breastfeeding him
miluktitkaa

The mother is breastfeeding the baby.
Iyaalugruaq aanaŋan miluktitkaa.

4. nipple of breast
qipmiuraq

5. breast bone -sternum-
sakiak, dl. sakirrak, pl. sakiagich

The caribou’s breast bone is very delicious because it has some fat on it.
Tuttum sakiaŋi kayumiktut takku qaunnaqaqhutiŋ.


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