Niiĝuĝim Tunugan Ilakuchangis
Introduction to Atkan Aleut
Grammar and Lexicon

ALEUT- ENGLISH
DICTIONARY

Asxinux̂ hilakux̂. The girl is reading.

Asxinus hilakus. The girls are reading.

Hlax̂ hilakux̂. The boy is reading.

Hlas hilakus. The boys are reading.

Asxinux̂ halukux̂. The girl is sewing.

Asxinus halukus. The girls are sewing.

Hlax̂ chalikux̂. The boy is fishing.

Hlas chalikus. The boys are fishing.

Stem asxinu- + ending -x̂ singular (one) . Hla- + -x̂

+ ending -s plural (several) . Hla- + -s

hilaku- haluku- chaliku-

+ singular -x̂ + plural -s

Old ending for dual (two) + -x:

Asxinux hilakux. The (two) girls are reading.

Hlax hilakux. The (two) boys are reading.

Old singular forms:

isux̂ = isuĝix̂ seal; plural isux̂is.

qahmix = qahmigix̂ door; plural qahmigis.

qagmang = qagmangix̂ emperor goose; plural qagmanqis.

These were consonant stems, that is, sterns ending in a consonant:

isux̂, isuĝ- + -is

qahmix, qahmig- + -is

qagmang, qagmang- + -is

The words asxinux̂ and hlax̂ have vowel stems, stems ending in a vowel:

asxinu-, hla-. Likewise the modern forms isuĝix̂, qahmigix̂, qagmangix̂, isuĝi-, qahmigi-, qagmangi- + singular -x̂, plural -s.

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