Inuit Names in The Terror AMC
Aglukkaq: agluq-kkaq, “the one who strides well.” The verb stem agluq- means “to step over; to stride,” together with -kkaq “one who performs a particular action well.” A legitimate given name.
Aja: Seemingly aja or ajak, “maternal aunt,” which in modern Natchiliŋmiutut proper is atchak “paternal aunt.” A legitimate given name, merely in what may be the wrong dialect.
*Silna: Seemingly Dan Simmons’ original combination of Sila and Sedna, i.e., AN UNGRAMMATICAL NEONYM. Sila is Hila in modern Natchiliŋmiutut, a noun meaning “air, weather, outside, atmosphere, intelligence, wisdom.” The principal resident spirit of the air’s personal name is Naarřuk, naaq-rřuk “the big belly,” and he is a giant baby boy spirit. Hila and Naarřuk are the same being. Sedna is the Anglicized form of the demonstrative pronoun sanna, which I think in Natchiliŋmiutut is kanna “that one down there, such as under the ocean (not visible).” This was a traditional circumlocution for the female spirit Nuliajuk, nulik-ajuk “the lubricious one,” the principal resident spirit of the sea. Sila, Hila, Naarřuk, and Nuliajuk are all legitimate given names. Silna is an illegitimate given name.
Kuvijuq: kuvi+juq, “he who pours.” Kuvi- is a verb stem meaning “to spill or pour; to spill or pour it; to spill or pour on (them/it).” *ku is a verb root for “downward movement or orientation” that can also be found in the noun kuuk “river.” +t/juq is the intransitive 3rd person singular indicative mood verb ending “she/he/it/they (singular),” but here it functions as a noun participle. In modern Natchiliŋmiutut proper, this would be Kuviřuq. A legitimate given name.
Netsilik Hunter: Netsilik is derived from Natsilik i.e. Natchilik, “the one with ringed seal,” meaning Netsilik Lake and its environs. Outsiders applied “Netsilik Inuit” both to Natchiliŋmiut and to other Inuit groups. Aŋunahuaqti is modern Natchiliŋmiutut proper for “hunter,” related to the noun aŋut “man.”
Tuunbaq: tuuŋŋaq, tuunŋaq, “shaman's helping spirit.” A legitimate given name, although probably not actually its own.
