ai?

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Alutiiq

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Etymology

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From Proto-Eskimo *ay- base, “what did you say?”

Interjection

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ai?

  1. huh? what did you say?

References

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  • Fortescue, Michael, Steven Jacobson, and Lawrence Kaplan. 2010. Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Alaska Native Language Center.
  • Leer, Jeff. Classroom Grammar of Koniag Alutiiq, Kodiak Island Dialect, Volume 1, Alaska Native Language Center, 1990