To anybody who it may interest.
JP Beland aka Amqui
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From: Qupanuaq <qupanuaq(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:13:55 -0500
Subject: [uqausirmut pijjutaujut] New North Slope Iñupiaq Dictionary
To: uqausiit(a)gov.nu.ca
The new *North Slope Iñupiaq Dictionary* is now available for free download
from the Alaska Native Language Archive. Comprising nearly 1500 pages, this
work stands as one of the major dictionaries for any Alaska Native
language. While many people have contributed to the dictionary over the
past four decades, work on the completion of the dictionary has been
spearheaded by Dr. Edna Maclean, with funding from a National Science
Foundation grant to Michael Krauss.
The main entries are organized by root, with separate sections for
postbases and endings. Most significantly, the dictionary includes 22
illustrated appendices indicating names for such esoteric terms as compass
winds, parts of the skull, and parts of an igloo. As an example, consider
the following illustration from Appendix 19.
<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4ortTnmq-gA/T7QUaxR21HI/AAAAAAAABUQ/zicIlsYoMbA/s…>
This illustration shows names for the various parts of the whale which can
be shared out. Raised numerals refer to explanatory footnotes which can be
found in the text.
Illustrations such as these make the dictionary a wonderful cultural
resource, something more akin to an encyclopaedia than just a mere
dictionary.
Item IN(N)971M2011
Download for free the *North Slope Iñupiaq Dictionary*
(PDF file is 161 MB)
http://www.uaf.edu/anla/collections/search/resultDetail.xml?id=IN%28N%29971…
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