qenaluni

Alutiiq

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *qəna- base, “be ill”

Verb

qenaluni (root qena-)

1. (intransitive) be sick, ill

   Picinek-qaa una uswiillraraaq englumen taillria qenaluni?

   Did that child really come home sick?

References

• 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

• Congugation of qenaluni in Word Wiinaq Alutiiq Dictionary