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