awa ai

Alutiiq

Alternative forms

• awa-qaa
• awa-qaa ai

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *av- base, “over there” + Proto-Eskimo *ay- base, “what did you say?”

Interjection

awa ai

1. is that it?, is that all?

References

• 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