KaRtuugaaq – Potato KaRtuugaarturtaartukut, iqallugmek cali. – We eat potatoes to go with the fish. (click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) Derived from the Russian word for potato, kartofel, the Alutiiq word for potato, kaRtuugaaq, reflects the introduction of garden produce to Kodiak in the nineteenth century. Russian traders introduced potatoes and potato gardening, […]
Senegneq; Segnew : Black Eye Mal’ugnek segnengq’rtua, kinam tenglukiinga! – I got two black eyes, somebody hit me! (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) There are many ways to get a black eye. Elders recall that men and boys working around swinging fishing gear were frequently bruised in the face. Others got shiners from […]
Source: Alutiiq Museum
Word of the Week Lesson 16:7 Iqa’iat – Laundry (plural) Nukallpiat iqa’ineq pingaktaan’tat. – Men don’t like to do laundry. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) The Alutiiq word for laundry comes from the word for dirt,iqaq, and literally means “dirties.” Anyone with a family knows that laundry is a never-ending chore, but in […]