Words, snow, poetry, beauty, magick...they all flow into nice little, packable, the fugitive balls. Snowmen inspire me. I wish I could collect them. Yesterday when I was walking I was wondering what the Inuit words for snow were.  To me, yesterday it was teenager snow, fresh but getting brown around the edged; still young but growing older'.  Today I call it, 'semi-sloushy, uninspirational but still there snow'.  What will the morrow will bring?

Ayido Wedo

Some Inuit Words for Snow I found:

tlapa-powder snow

tlacringit-snow that is crusted on the surface

kayi-drifting snow

tlapat still snow

klin-remembered snow

naklin-forgotten snow

tlamo-snow that falls in large wet flakes

tlatim-snow that falls in small flakes

tlaslo-snow that falls slowly

tlapinti-snow that falls quickly

kripya-snow that has melted and refrozen

tliyel-snow that has been marked by wolves

tliyelin-snow that has been marked by Eskimos

blotla-blowing snow

pactla-snow that has been packed down

hiryla-snow in beards

wa-ter-melted snow

tlayinq-snow mixed with mud

quinaya-snow mixed with Husky

shitquinyaya-snow mixed with the shit of a lead dogs

limtla-snow that is crusted on top but soft underneath

kriplyana-snow that looks blue in the early morning

puntla-a mouthful of snow because you fibbed

allatla-baked snow

fritla-fried snow

gristla-deep fried snow

MacTla-snow burgers

jatla-snow between your fingers or toes, or in groin-folds

dinliltla-little balls of snow that cling to Husky fur

sulitlana-green snowmen

tlana-pink snow

tidtla-snow used for cleaning

ertla-snow used by Eskimo teenagers for exquisite erotic ritual

skriyantli-snow bricks

hahatla-small packages of snow given as gag gifts

semtla-partially melted snow

ontla-snow on objects

intla-snow that has drifted indoors

shlim-slush

warintla-snow used to make Eskimo daiquiris

mextla-snow used to make Eskimo Margaritas

penstla-the idea of snowmortla snow mounded on dead bodies

ylaipi-tomorrow's snow

nylaipin-the snows of yesteryear ("neiges d'antan")

pritla-our children's snow

nootlin-snow that doesn't stick

rotlana-quickly accumulating snow

skriniya-snow that never reaches the ground

bluwid-snow that's shaken down from objects in the wind

tlanid-snow that's shaken down and then mixes with sky-falling snowever-

tla-a spirit made from mashed fermented snow, popular among Eskimo

mentalini-snow angels

priyakli-snow that looks like it's falling upward

chiup-snow that makes halos

blontla-snow that's shaken off in the mudroom

tlalman-snow sold to German tourists

tlalam-snow sold to American tourists

tlanip-snow sold to Japanese tourists

protla-snow packed around caribou meat

attla-snow that as it falls seems to create nice pictures in the air

sotla-snow sparkling with sunlight

tlun-snow sparkling with moonlight

astrila-snow sparkling with starlight

clim-snow sparkling with flashlight or headlight

tlapi-summer snow

krikaya-snow mixed with breath

ashtla-expected snow that's wagered on (depth, size of flakes)

huantla-special snow rolled into "snow reefers" and smoked by wild Eskimo youth

tla-na-na-snow mixed with the sound of old rock and roll from a portable radio

depptla-a small snowball, preserved in Lucite, that had been handled by Johnny

Depptrinkyi-first snow of the year

tronkyin-last snow of the year

shiya-snow at dawn

katiyana-night snow

tlinro-snow vapor

nyik-snow with flakes of widely varying size

ragnitla-two snowfalls at once, creating moire patterns

akitla-snow falling on water

privtla-snow melting in the spring rain

chahatlin-snow that makes a sizzling sound as it falls on water

hootlin-snow that makes a hissing sound as the individual flakes brush

geltla-snow dollars

briktla-good building snow

striktla-snow that's no good for building

erolinyat-snow drifts containing the imprint of crazy lovers

chachat-swirling snow that drives you nuts

krotl- snow that blinds you

tlarin-snow that can be sculpted into the delicate corsages Eskimo girls pin to their whale parkas at prom time

motla-snow in the mouths

otla-snow in the south

maxtla-snow that hides the whole village

tlayopi-snow drifts you fall into and die

truyi-avalanche of snow

tlapripta-snow that burns your scalp and eyelids

carpitla-snow glazed with ice

tla-ordinary snow

 What do you call yours? Ayido