Alutiiq Word of the Week | May 25, 2014
Cukiq – Thorn; Sliver Allrani aigaqa cukirtaartuq. – Sometimes I get a sliver on my hand. (Click sentence to…
Cukiq – Thorn; Sliver Allrani aigaqa cukirtaartuq. – Sometimes I get a sliver on my hand. (Click sentence to…
Itgaq (Literally, “foot”) – Flipper Gui wiinam itgai pingaktaanka. – I always like the sea lion’s feet. (Click sentence…
MiskiiRaq; MiskiiRiat – Spider Ugnerkami miskiiRiat amleritaartut. – In the spring there are many spiders. (Click sentence to hear…
Culu’ulluku; Culurt’slluku – Beach It PaRag’uutateng culurtaarait. – Sometimes they beach their boat. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words…
PRiis’tanaq – Dock PaRaguutat pRiistananun taitaartut. – The boats come to the dock. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words…
Camani – Lower Forty-Eight States Camani ilangq’rtuanga. – I have family in the Lower Forty-eight. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq…
Paulaq; Peluq – Ash Paulartuu’uq plit’aami. – There are lots of ashes in the stove. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq…
Eprirturluni, P’rirca’iluni – Clean; Cleanse Plit’aaq p’rirca’iru. – Clean the stove. (Click on sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) In…
Tanqigya’arluni – Dawn (verb) Tanqigyaturtuq. – It is starting to dawn. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq wrods spoken) Dawn is…
Ilangcarluku – Discipline; Lecture Tuyum llangcaraa. – The chief is lecturing him. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) Historic…