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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460378603321

Autore

MacLean Edna Ahgeak

Titolo

Iñupiatun Uqaluit Taniktun Sivuninit : = Iñupiaq to English Dictionary / / compiled by Edna Ahgeak MacLean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fairbanks, Alaska : , : University of Alaska Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-60223-234-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1018 p.)

Disciplina

497/.12

Soggetti

English language - Inupiaq

Inupiaq dialect - English

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inupiaq

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Imai - Contents; Sivulliilugu - Preface; Quyanaaun - Acknowledgments; Iisimaraksrat - General Introduction; 1. Iñupiuraaqtuat Nunaat - Iñupiaq-Inuit Language Distribution; 2. Iñupiatun Uqautchim Irrusia - Overview of Iñupiaq Language Grammar; 3. Iñupiatun Uqallagnilu Aglanilu - Sounds and Symbols of the Iñupiaq Language; 4. Iñupiatun Uqaluit Taniktun Sivuniisa Salapqii - Iñupiaq to English Dictionary Format; Iñupiatun Uqaluit Mait - Iñupiaq Word Stems; Iñupiatun Akunniutit - Iñupiaq Postbases; Iñupiatun Uqaluit Isuit - Iñupiaq Word Endings

1. Uqallagautit Nalunaiutiiḷḷu Isuiḷḷu  - Verb Moods and Endings 2. Atiqausit Isut - Noun Cases; Iñupiatun Uqaluit Isukłiqpiait - Iñupiaq Enclitics; Iiguutit Savaamun - Appendices; Appendix 1. Atiqautchiurat Nauniit Inflection of Personal Pronouns; Appendix 2. Tamatkiunnallu Ilaaguautillu Atiqautchiurat Nauniit - Inflection of the Inclusive and Exclusive Pronouns; Appendix 3. Tikkuaautit Mait - Demonstrative Stems; Appendix 4. Maruallu Mauurallu - Roots and "Nominal" Stems; Appendix 5. Tuqłuautit - Kinship Terms; Appendix 6. Sikukun Taggisit - Ice Terms

Appendix 7. Aputikun Taggisit - Snow Terms Appendix 8. Piviksrakun Taggisit - Segments of Time; Appendix 9. Uvluiatigun Taggisit - Names of Stars and Constellations; Appendix 10. Iñupiaqsiñivu tIñupiaq



Names; Appendix 11. Iñupiatun Kisitchiñiq - The Iñupiaq Counting System:  Wm. Clark Bartley; Appendix 12. Init Sumiinmagaautait - Area References; Appendix 13. Sumiinmagaautit - Locational Terms; Appendix 14. Savait Taggisiit - Names of Ocean Currents; Appendix 15. Anuit Taggisiit - Names of Winds; Appendix 16. Umiapiaq - Umiak; Appendix 17. Qayaq - Kayak; Appendix 18. Uniat - Sled

Appendix 19. Avimiñ Niit - Bowhead Whale Shares Appendix 20. Niaqum Saunii - Human Skull; Appendix 21. Timim Saunii - Human Skeleton; Appendix 22. Ivrulik Kataligaaq Iglu - Traditional Sod House; Appendix 23. Nirutit Atiit - Names of Mammals; Appendix 24. Nauriat Suusiisalu Atiit - Names of Plants and Plant Parts; Appendix 25. Qupilut Atiit - Names of Insects; Appendix 26. Timiat Atiit - Names of Birds; Appendix 27. Iqaluiḷḷ u Imaniḷḷ u Igliallu Atiit - Names of Fish, Mollusks, and Crustaceans; Appendix 28. Uqallagautit - Exclamations

Appendix 29. Tatqit Atiit - Names of Months Appendix 30. Qavsiummagaautit - Cardinal Numbers; Appendix 31. Sulliummagaautit - Ordinal Numbers; Kaviit - Bibliography; Kaiqsiuviit - Sources; Taniktun Uqaluit Iñupiatun Arriisa Paqirrutait - English to Iñupiaq Wordfinder

Sommario/riassunto

This is a comprehensive treatment of one of Alaska's oldest ancestral languages. Through its 19,000 entries and thirty-one appendices-with categories such as kin terms, names of constellations, and a list of explanations-the dictionary is an exceptional blend of linguistic and cultural references.