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Alutiiq
Etymology
From Proto-Eskimo *asiʀ- base, “be good”
Verb
asirluni (root asir-)
- (intransitive) be good, nice
- (intransitive) be fine, well, okay
Taata Paluwigmek tekitellria asirluni?- Was Dad well when he came back from Port Graham?
References
- Fortescue, Michael. Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Alaska Native Language Center, 2010
- Leer, Jeff. Classroom Grammar of Koniag Alutiiq, Kodiak Island Dialect, Volume 1, Alaska Native Language Center, 1990
Further reading
- Congugation of asirluni in Word Wiinaq Alutiiq Dictionary