Salmon

iqalluk (salmon)

niklliq (red salmon)

alimaq (chum salmon/dog)

Lluq’aqaaq (King salmon)

qakiiyaq (silver salmon)

amartuq (pink salmon/humpy)

kuinguasa’aq (stream)

kuik (river)

imaq (ocean)

iqallugsurwik (fishing place)

kiak (summer)

uksuaq (autumn)

segneq (to cut fish)

qac’amasak (filleted fish with bone for drying)

ataneq (salmon bone for drying)

umatak (half dried salmon)

sikiaq (smoked and brined half dried salmon)

iqsaneq (harvesting by fishing)

puyuqtarluki (to smoke fish)

taryulirluki (salt, salt brine)

sulunaq (salted fish)

palik (salmon strips)

tam’uq (dried fish)

siitkaq (fish net)

puyurtarwik (smokehouse)

initaq (drying rack)

teptuliq (red cedar)

iqsagpak (halibut hook)

iqsak (fish hook)

angyaq / tuulaq (boat)

kuigem painga (estuary)

iqallum amia (salmon skin)

aqaasaq (dry salmon skin to eat)

qarryat (roe, salmon eggs)

Naliat iqallut asiksiu pituryuumirlarciu? (Question: “What's your favorite type of salmon to eat?”)
Naliat pituryuumirlarciu?

Asikllaqaq _____.(Answer: “I like it.)

Cin-mi iqallut taiksiitat? (Question: “Why haven’t the salmon returned yet?")

Meq maqarpakarluni.(Answer: “The water is too warm.")