qenaluni

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Alutiiq

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *qəna- base, “be ill”

Verb

qenaluni (root qena-)

  1. (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