Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary [Paperback]

S.A. Jacobson (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0933769210 | ISBN-13: 978-0933769212 | Publication Date: October 1, 1984

This dictionary covers the Central Yup'ik Eskimo language spoken in southwestern Alaska. An introductory section provides notes on Yup'ik phonology and orthography, outlines the volume's format, discusses several special issues in translation and phonology, and describes a number of dialects. The main section of the dictionary lists base words, with subsequent smaller sections devoted to postbases, endings, enclitics, and unverified words from older sources. Appendixes contain notes on inflection of personal pronouns, inflection of the independent relative pronoun, demonstratives, positional bases, lists of roots by type, numerals, calendar, kinship terms, and loan words, and a map. An English-to-Yup'ik index is also included.

Product Details

• Paperback: 757 pages
• Publisher: Alaska Native Language Center (October 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933769210
• ISBN-13: 978-0933769212
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,768,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive and definitive, June 17, 2010

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E. Worth (Melbourne, Aus) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Paperback)

This is the definitive source for the contemporary Yup'ik language. An assiduous attempt was made to incorporate every possible Yup'ik word and root and comprehensive notes are provided for each entry. Lexical roots are covered first, followed by postbases, and finally an English-Yup'ik index, with a number of appendices covering doubtful words recorded by early ethnographers and grammatical tables.

Below is an entry chosen at random:
tali- (root)
talicivik: shelter for smoking fish, smokehouse *neqnek aruvarqiyartua talicivigmi: go smoke the fish in the smokehouse <talite-i[2]-vik
talin: screen, shade <-n
talineq: shadow, shade *naparpallraam talinrani neryartuulta: let's go eat in the shade of the big tree <-neq[1] or -neq[4]
talite-: to shelter from wind, sun, rain, snow, etc. *talituq: he or it is sheltered; talitaa: he or it is sheltering it.

An excellent companion to the author's Practical Grammar of the Central Alaskan Yup'ik Eskimo Language.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yupik dictionary, February 25, 2008

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Verola M. Ferrell (Fairbanks, AK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Paperback)

This dictionary was written by my uncle. He really researched this before he published it. He also dedicated this dictionary to my grandmother. He spent time in Kwethluk, AK and the Kuskokwim area. My mother is 100% Yupik Eskimo and my uncle is white and from California. My mom has to contact my uncle sometimes to get annunciations and spellings. It is pretty amazing! I am very proud of my uncle and hope you enjoy this dictionary.