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Alaskan
Names for Boats |
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Inupiaq |
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Some
of these names are typical dog names used
by Inupiat people of |
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the North Slope. Some
other names were taken from the Inupiat
Dictionary. |
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kinguyakkii : 'northern
lights' miki: 'little'
nanuq : 'polar bear' pakak : 'one |
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that gets into
everything' qannik 'snowflake'
siku 'ice' suka 'fast'
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amaguq 'wolf'
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Central
Yup'ik |
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Central Yup'ik
is the Alaskan language |
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spoken by the
greatest number of people--about
15,000. The Central |
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Yup'ik people
live on the western central coast
of Alaska around Norton |
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Sound and Bristol
Bay, and inland some distance along
the rivers of the |
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area. |
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arrluk 'killer
whale' cikuq 'ice' |
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taqukaq 'grizzly
bear' |
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ataneq 'king'
mequssuk 'shaggy dog'
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tulukaruk 'crow'
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negiliq 'parka
ruff' panik 'daughter'
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tungulria 'black
one' yuralria 'dancing
one' |
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Ahtna
Athabascan |
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The Athna
live along the Copper River basin in South
Central |
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Alaska. The
words below are taken from the Ahtna
Noun Dictionary. |
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deniigi 'moose'
genen 'shaman' |
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sesi 'snow'
sos 'bear' tikaani 'wolf'
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kaskae 'chief'
saghani 'raven' |
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yakone' 'red
aurora' |
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Tanaina
Athabascan |
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The ancestral
territory of the Tanaina surrounds Cook
Inlet, |
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including
the present-day location of Anchorage. The
words below are taken from the |
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Nondalton
Tanaina Noun Dictionary. |
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chu 'beaver'
chulyin 'raven' desna 'boss'
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nini 'porcupine'
shesh 'brown bear' |
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hey 'winter'
k'eyush '(bear) cub' |
shila 'flame'
shtiya 'my strength' |
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