Niiĝuĝim Tunugan Ilakuchangis
Introduction to Atkan Aleut
Grammar and Lexicon

ALEUT- ENGLISH
DICTIONARY

inaqang, inaqating I myself

inaqangin we ourselves

inaqamis you yourself

inaqamchix you yourselves

inaqaam he/she him/herself

inaqamax, inaqamdix they themselves

Inaqaam hax̂tikux̂.
He wakes up by himself.

Inaqaam txin asx̂atnax̂.
He killed himself, committed suicide.

Inaqaam tunuun tunux̂taasakux̂.
He speaks his own language.

Ukayaa inaqangin ulangin.
This is our own house.

agach(a) he/she/it in particular

agatingis they in particular

Hlang agacha kurizax̂.
My son smokes (not I).

Hingan sulakan uglaga agacha suda!
Don't take that one but take rather the other one.

Ulux̂ agacha qam ilagaan qaatuzaq.
I want to eat meat rather than fish. I prefer meat to fish. 

Igachis agatingis sakagikus.
Sinews are stiffer (than thread)

uĝing my own

uĝiin your own

uĝii his/her own

Inaqating ukinang akux̂, uĝiin alakax̂ hinga.
It is my knife, it is not yours.

Inaqamis uĝiin akux̂.
It is yours.

Agachan uĝii akux̂, ngaan aĝida (aĝada)!
It is his, give to him!

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