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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eye:![]() His eyes are brown. Irrak iliktaaŋuruk. 2. eyebrow qavlu, dl. qavluk, pl. qavlut The eyebrow is on the face. Qavlu kigiññami ittuq. 3. eyebrow ridge qavlunaaq, dl. qavlunaak, pl. qavlunaat A person’s eyebrow ridge is on his face. Qavlunaaq ittuq iñuum kigiñaŋani. 4. eye cavity irisriñiq, dl. irisriññak, pl. irisriñġich The eye cavity is round. Irisriñiq aqsravaluqtuq. 5. eyeglasses irigaak or irgaak pl. irigaat The eye glasses are on the table. Irigaak niġġiviŋñi ittuk. 6. to close one’s eyes sikunġiq- she has closed her eyes sikunġiqsuq, dl. sikunġiqsuk, pl. sikunġiqsut The mother closed her eyes. Sikunġiqsuq aana. 7. eyelashes siqpiich Some eyelashes are short and some are long. Iḷaŋich siqpiich naitchut aasrii iḷaŋich takiplutiŋ. 8. to have sharp eyesight takpik- he has sharp eyesight takpiksuq, dl. takpiksuk, pl. takpiksut The goose has a sharp eye. Tiŋmiaq samma takpiksuq. 9. to have bad eyesight takpiit- he has dull or bad eyesight takpiitchuq My son has bad eyesight. Iġñiġa takpiitchuq. 10. to have difficulty catching the eye of a person, description of a person who will not look you in the eye, to have shifty eyes irraaġnait- He won’t look a person straight in the eye. Irraaġnaitchuq. Is he hard to look in the eye? Irraaġnaitpa? 11. to be shifty eyed, lit, his eyes are fast irrak sukattuk |