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Inuktitut / Kalaallisut (Greenlandic):

  qanik -- snow falling
  aput -- snow on the ground
  pukak -- crystalline powder snow (like salt)
  aniuk -- snow used to make water
  maujaq -- deep soft snow you sink into
  piqsirpoq (verb) -- drifting snow / blowing snow
Central Alaskan Yup’ik

  qanuk -- falling snow
  aput -- snow on the ground
  nevluk -- wet snow
  aniu -- snow for drinking water