Taconic (AGC 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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Enllish Eskimo WHERE IS IT? Where is the house IG-loo nowk? Where is your house IG-loo IG-vee nowk? Where is the white man? ' This is virtually the equivalent of asking 'Where is the trading post?' or 'Where does the white man 1ive?' Where is the river? Where is the gun? BIGNESS Added to nouns in- dicates bigness A large dog Big snow house, big house, trading post A big boat, hense a ship X ' Big water, hence the ocean SMALLNESS Added to words in- dicates'smallness Little dog, hence PUPPY Little house, hence kennel Little Qadjectivej Kab-L004nah nowk? Coke NAH-nee? COOKY-oo NAR-nee? Ju-ak King-MIK-ju-ak IG-loo-ju-ak Oo-mifAK-ju-ak Ee-MACK-ju-ak AT-suk or AHvpick KING+mi-AT-suk IG-loo-AH-pick g MICK-ee-you or MICK-ee-soo HUIAN INTEREST WORDS Han Woman Real man, he-man. Little woman Very useful or Val' uable dogs ANAJOIY Nose Big nose Head Tooth Teeth AHNG-ot . AHNG-e-nook AHNG-o-ti HAR-ick AH G-efnook HICK- ee-soo KING-mit MAT-ick KING-ahk King'AH'iU'lk NeefAH'iU'lk KI-goot or KEY-oot Key-00-tif English Hand Qliterally, the fingers Foot W Feet Eye Ear Ears . , YES AND N0 Yes Yes Yes,vindeed! Ho No, indeed! THE WEATHER Weather Good weather Wind Bad wind Much wind Much wind today Much wind tommorrow Cold Cold tomorrow per- haps Snow tomorrow ANIMALS DO! Dogs Polar bear Caribou Ringed seal, a com- mon species Barbed or bearded seal, or square flipper White whale Salmon trout Eskimo ARG-sah-eet IT-i-gak HT-i-ket EE-yee SEE-oot SEE-oo-tit Ab Qrhymes with cob: used especi- ally in Greenland, Ee or Ah-high-LAH or AH-mee-lah Ak-shoo-AH-look AH-guy or ' NAH-mee NAG-gah SEE-lah SEE-lah pee-oo-YOOK AH-no-way AH-no-way pee-YUNG- i-took AH-no-way AH- mi-shoot AH-no-way AH-mi- shoot oo-B100-me AH-no-way AH-mi- shoot-AH-kah-go ICK-key ICK-key AH-kah-go EE-mah-kah CONN-neck AH-kah-go KING-mick KING-mit NAN-ook TOOK-too NET-check OOG-zhook - KellyrL00-ghak EE-mah-look

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'NO COMPRENDO' Perhaps some of us wondered while we were on the beach, iust what language the Eskimos did speak. Americans, excepti0n811Y P0?f 1ln:uf3g:ugnoEhfh:h?iga usually lean uite heavil on dictionaries of the orelg . where they hagpen to be, if they wish to be understood at ali. ifvlgbfy hige behind the shield of,'Those clowns don't speak no Englls Z at A he Eskimos have a language all their own. If you want to be ug ers oo , t e following glossary of phrases and words will be of considerab 0 8SS1SfHDCe- English a CALL FOR HELP Hey there! fhelpj Eskimo Ah-HOY-la! Auk-shun-EYE or CHIME-oh English Eskimo It doesn't matter Koo-YAN-nah A or . It can't be helped MOM-e-ana Your acceptance of day-to-day troubles without too much show of emotion will appeal to Eskimos.' ' GREETINGS How do you do , I AM I .A I am cold r I am wet I am hungry M YOU ARE You . I NEED I need or I want I want a drink I want some food I need dogs I need a dog sledge COURTESY Thank you' Oo-VUNG-ah Oo-VUNG-ah ICK-key Oo-VUNG-ah COW- shook Kah-POONG-ah IG-vee PEE-you-mah VUNG ah EE-mick-pee mah-VUNG-ah NER-key pee mah-VUNG-ah KING-mitpee mah-VUNG-ah you- you-- you- COMMA-tick pee- you-mah-VUNG-ah MUTT-nah or KWA-na or Koo-YENNA-meek If an Eskimo has been awkward in help- ing you or has been unable to help you soothe him by saying: CLOTHING, EQUIPMENT AND FOOD Boot Clothing Blouse or parka Snow house Snow-knife' Seal-oil lamp Eskimo stove H Match or fire Gun Tent Food Boat COMBINED FORMS I am going Do you see it? or, Can you see it? What are you eating? POSSESSIVES Your snow house Your dog Your snow-knife My parka Where Comic. Pronounce it exactly as you would the English word comic. In the plural the final becomes a t, so boots are com-it AH-no-wah-ga KOO-lee-tock IG-loo PAH-na KOO-di-lick EE-ko-mack COOKY-oo TOO-pek NER-key OO-me-ack Oo-VUNG-ah OWD- lah QUWD rhymes with crowdj IG-vee TAH-koo? SHOO-nah IG-vee NER-key-wah IG-loo IG.vee KING-mick IGvvee PAH-nah IG-vee K00-1ee-tockoo- VUNG-ah Nowk or NAH-nee

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I English Eskimo Eider duck MIT-took Ptarmigan Ah-HIGGY'vick Snowy owl ' OOK-pick Canada goose NERD-look i EVERYDAY WORDS Day OOV-loot Night 00-noo-ak Look at that! Tah-KOO! or A Took-a-R00 Go ahead, now. . I Let's get going AH-tay! wai f Q bi t' watch--Arm oh Now MAH-nah Come here! Bring it here! Ice ' Snow, when falling Snow. on the ground Litterally, the edge, but used especially in reference to the ice-edge or floe KI-geet QPronounce the i as in mice,j KI-sah-geet! SEE-ko CONN4neck AH-pud l SHEE-nah English COMPLIMENTARY You are good You and your wife are good Your food is good Goodbye! Eskimo GOODBYES IG-VEE pee-oo-YDOK IG-vee-lo ahng-e- N00-lo pee-oo-YOGK Note the syllable L0 is added to both words when the two are joined by-AND. Thus the expression for SNOW AND ICE would be see-lo- lo ah-pud-lo NER-key pee-oo-YOOK Tug-VAH-oo-tit