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title: snow
created: 2006-11-24 16:43
updated: 2006-11-24 16:43
revision: 7
author: Auriea
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[[Reference]]

| **Eskimo** | **English** |
| --- | --- |
| apun | snow |
| apingaut | first snowfall |
| pokaktok | salt-like snow |
| aput | spread-out snow |
| miulik | sleet |
| kanik | frost |
| massak | snow mixed with water |
| kanigruak | frost on a living surface |
| auksalak | melting snow |
| aniuk | snow for melting into water |
| ayak | snow on clothes |
| kanni | snowflake |
| akillukkak | soft snow |
| nutagak | powder snow |
| milik | very soft snow |
| aniu | packed snow |
| mitailak | soft snow covering an opening in an ice floe |
| aniuvak | snowbank |
| natigvik | snowdrift |
| sillik | hard, crusty snow |
| kimaugruk | snowdrift that blocks something |
| kiksrukak | glazed snow in a thaw |
| mauya | snow that can be broken through |
| perksertok | drifting snow |
| akelrorak | newly drifting snow |
| katiksunik | light snow |
| mavsa | snowdrift overhead and about to fall |
| kaiyuglak | rippled surface of snow |
| apuuak | snow patch |
| sisuuk | avalanche |
| katiksugnik | light snow deep enough for walking |

*compiled by D.K. Holm, drawn from the Inupiat Eskimo Dictionary by Webster and Zibell, and from Thibert's English-Eskimo Eskimo-English Dictionary.*
lovingly pilfer'red from LibFoam:WordsForSnow