asirluni
Alutiiq
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Eskimo *asiʀ- base, “be good”
Verb
editasirluni (root asir-)
- (intransitive) be good, nice
- (intransitive) be fine, well, okay
- Taata Paluwigmek tekitellria asirluni?
- Was Dad well when he came back from Port Graham?
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 asirluni in Word Wiinaq Alutiiq Dictionary