Siku
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Siku (Taniktun: ice) imġuruq qiqumaruaq. Imiq sikuruq qiiyanaġman- 0° Celsius suna tavra imiq sikuruq. Siku iñiqsiruq nigliñaqtuaqaġviŋmi nigliqpigmilu- imiq nigliqpigmi ittuġman suli uvani aquppiuraallaktuq, imiq uumiŋa qiusiaqtuġlu sikuruġlu. Siku naqtuġman anuqqagman puktaalisuuruq. Iñugiaktut sikut nunaqpaŋmi.
- Qannik (Tanŋ. snowflake)
Sikut
[edit | edit source]- Aayuġaq : ice ridging, or crack across a shallow lagoon or bay
- Agiuppak : a smooth wall of ice along the edge of landfast ice formed by other moving ice
- Aisitaq : cracked ice made by force of moving ice
- Alliviniq : ice that was under another piece of ice which resurfaces smooth and dirty
- Aluksraq : young ice punched by seals forming a seal blowhole
- Anaġlu : black ice
- Arguqtaġniq : newly formed thin ice collecting on the downwind side of a polynya or lead
- Ataiġvik : shore ice patch on coastline
- Ataitchuaq : shore ice uct close to the coast
- Atiġniq : new ice forming a smooth apron around pre-existing ice
- Augaŋaruaq : ice thrust up at an angle (approximately 45 degrees)
- Tuvaq : fast ice