60 Dialectology Glossary

Dialogue: Weekend plans

iiva:
Pinasuarusiup nunnguani sulaaqqit?ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᓱᓛᖅᑭᑦ? What are you doing this weekend?
Sulumani:
illuralaattinuulaaqtunga.ᐃᓪᓗᕋᓛᑦᑎᓐᓅᓛᖅᑐᖓ. I am going to my cabin.
iiva:
Asukuluk, quviagiviuk tauvani?ᐊᓱᑯᓗᒃ, ᖁᕕᐊᒋᕕᐅᒃ ᑕᐅᕙᓂ? Oh yeah? Do you like it there?
Sulumani:
ii, atsualuk quviagijara.ᐄ, ᐊᑦᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᕋ. Yes indeed, I really like it there.
iiva:
Tauvani suvakkavit? ᑕᐅᕙᓂ ᓱᕙᒃᑲᕕᑦ?What do you do out there?
Sulumani:
Pisuppattunga kuummut.ᐱᓱᑉᐸᑦᑐᖓ ᑰᒻᒧᑦ. I often walk to the river.

Vocabulaire

ivvit
you (1)
qallu
eyebrow
aquti
driver
qimmiq
dog
panniq
bull caribou
savik
knife
uqsuq
oil; blubber
kallulik
loon (Arctic)
pitti
dried fish
nikku
dried meat
attunaaq
rope
aagga
no
ii
yes
ukkusik
cooking pot
taqqiq
moon
atausiq
one
marruuk
two
pingasut
three
tisamat; sitamat
four
tallimat
five
qulliq
lamp (seal oil)
ajjigiik
same (they are the...)
unnuaq
night
nirijunga
eating, I am...