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Alutiiq
patesnarluni
pat'shnarluni
Etymology
From Proto-Eskimo *patət- base, “be cold or frozen”
Verb
pat’snarluni (root pat’snar-)
- (intransitive) be cold (outside)
Sun'ami enerpak pat’snarluni macartuq.- This morning it’s cold but sunny in Kodiak.
Usage notes
The verb pat’snarluni and its variations are used generally in conjunction with cold weather and places. By contrast qayarlluku is used when the sensation of cold is ascribed to people as in Quyarqani eqmerumauq (Because she is cold, she is all curled up). The form paceshnarluni is sometimes used to describe cold with regard to both weather conditions and things, as in Maqiwik paceshnartuq (The steam bath is cold).
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
- Leer, Jeff. Combined Dictionary, unpublished, n.d.
Further reading
- Congugation of pat’snarluni in Word Wiinaq Alutiiq Dictionary