Unangam Tunuu

See also: Unangam tunuu

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Aleut Unangam Tunuu

Proper noun

Unangam Tunuu

  1. Synonym of Aleut (language).
    • 2021 July 1, Tripp J Crouse, “Unangax̂ educators will teach Unangam Tunuu language class at UAA”, in Alaska Public Media‎[1]:
      The University of Alaska Anchorage will offer Unangam Tunuu courses — the Unangax̂ language — as part of its Alaska Native Studies coursework, starting this fall.
    • 2024 December 31, Theo Greenly, “A community’s fight to save Unangam Tunuu on St. Paul Island”, in KUCB‎[2]:
      In a classroom on St. Paul Island, Aquilina Lestenkof stands before a group of students, guiding them through an Unangam Tunuu language exercise. Her voice is steady and encouraging as she repeats a phrase, which the children repeat back. Some stumble over the syllables, but Lestenkof smiles.
    • 2025 July 19, James Brooks, “Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more, as federal geographic names board approves traditional alternative”, in ICT‎[3]:
      Nazi Creek was the last landmark in the United States to bear the Nazi name. Its new name is “Kaxchim Chiĝanaa,” meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam Tunuu, the language of the Indigenous Unangax̂ people.

Aleut

Noun

Unangam Tunuu

  1. Aleut (language).
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