Aleut

English

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌæliːˈuːt/, /ˈæliːˌuːt/, /əluːt/; X-SAMPA: /%{li:"u:t/, /"{li:%u:t/, /@"lu:t/
• Rhymes: -uːt, -æliːuːt

Adjective

Aleut (not comparable)

1. Of the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language.

Synonyms

• Aleutian

Translations

of the Aleutian Islands

• Polish: aleucki m
• Russian: алеутский (ru) (aleútskij)

• Swedish: aleutisk (sv), aleut- (sv)

Noun

Aleut (plural Aleuts)

1. A member of the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the United States and of Kamchatka Krai in the Russia.
2. A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands.

Translations

native of the Aleutian Islands

• Finnish: aleutti (fi)
• Polish: Aleuta m, Aleutka f
• Portuguese: aleúte (pt) m and f

• Russian: алеут (ru) (aleút) m, алеутка (ru) (aleútka) f
• Swedish: aleut (sv) m, aleutiska (sv) f

Proper noun

Aleut

1. The language of the Aleutian Islands, related to Eskimo (Inupiaq and Yupik).

Translations

language of the Aleutian Islands

• Aleut: Unangam Tunuu
• Polish: aleucki m
• Portuguese: aleúte (pt) m

• Russian: алеутский (ru) (aleútskij) m
• Swedish: aleutiska (sv) c
• Turkish: Aleutça (tr)

See also

• Alaska
• Aleutian
• Eskimo
• Eskimo-Aleut
• Eskimo-Aleutian

External links

• Wiktionary's coverage of Aleut terms
• Aleut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aleut language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Aleut language
• Ethnologue entry for Aleut, ale