Kitaaq

Indigenous Knowledge

Kitaaq ᑭᑖᖅ
'Ice on the other side of a large crack or off the floe edge, a piece of ice that broke off, that you can’t get to.' (Sanikiluaq Siku Terminology Workshop 2018)

Tuayaq
'Uvinfaqsrami tuaq augataqmauf aasi suli quviqmauf tuayabuugaa. Nuyaafnaatuq tuayaamauf tuayautisinaalivluu.
In the spring when the land-fast ice begins to melt and it also forms cracks, the land-fast ice breaks off and drifts away. It is dangerous when the land fast ice breaks away with the possibility of becoming stranded on drifting ice.' (Kiŋigin (Wales) Alaska, Seward Peninsula Inupiaq, Weyapuk Jr. and Krupnik 2012: 25)

Related terms

Uitaq ᐅᐃᑕᖅ
's.o. who is carried off by the break between the shore ice and the floating pack ice, separated from the ground by open water.' (Nunavimmiutitut, Schneider 1985: 436)

Haqruraaruq Hᐊᖅᕈᕌᕈᖅ
'ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓯᑯ ᐃᓚᖓ ᐲᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓱᕋᒃᑲᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᒃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᓪᓕᖓᓂᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᖏᐅᓕᓂᖓᓂᑦ ᐊᓄᕆᕌᖅᑐᒥᑦ.
Taikani siku ilanga piiqtillugu surakkami ammalu tiktaujuq mallinganit uvvaluunniit ingiulininganit anuriraaqtumit.
When an ice pan that you are on breaks off and drifts away with the currents or winds.' (Gjoa Haven, Nattilingmiutut, Qikiqtaqmiut Committee, Beaulieu, Wilson and Aglukkaq 2023: 75)