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Alutiiq
Etymology
From Proto-Eskimo *qəna- base, “be ill”
Verb
qenaluni (root qena-)
- (intransitive) be sick, ill
Picinek-qaa una uswiillraraaq englumen taillria qenaluni?- Did that child really come home sick?
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 qenaluni in Word Wiinaq Alutiiq Dictionary