Drones in Alaska

anerneq (breath)

saqulek (bird)

Teng’uq. (It is flying.)

Mit'llraa. (It has landed.)

kum’agyak (eagle)

qalnga’aq (raven)

aqllaq (wind)

teng’usta (pilot)

Tangrru. (See it./Look at it./Spot it.)

Pektut. (They are working.)

cawiguanguasa'aq (drone - an unmanned aerial vehicle)

tangerlluki qul'mek saqulet'stun (bird's eye view/seeing things from above like a bird)

calisutepet pagani llam'i (our instruments in the sky)

Wigtuq. (It is spinning.)

napaq (spruce tree)

saalalraq (dandelion)

cillqaq (fireweed)

ciquq (cottonwood tree/balsam poplar tree)

naruyaq (seagull)

temngiaq (canada goose)

nanwaq (lake)

lluq'akaq (king salmon/chinook)

niklliq (red salmon/sockeye)

amartuq (pink salmon/humpback)

qakiiyaq (silver salmon/coho)

alimaq (dog salmon/chum)

Amleriwaka naulriit cimiraat nanwaq. (The overgrowth of plants is changing the lake.)

weg'et (grass - on land)

nanwami naulriit (plants that are growing in the lake)

nanwalleq (the original lake/the lake that used to be, before all the changes)

ek'illuni (shallow)

et'uluni (deep)

saputaq (dam)

meq (water - freshwater)

Quyanaa. (Thank you.)

ust'lleq (landslide)

kuik (river)

lla (weather)

yaamaq (rock)

yaamakcak (boulder)

Uluryanartuq. (It is dangerous/hazardous.)

neqliluta llii'iluta uksurkamen (subsistence - making food to put away for winter)

qikuq (soil)

qaugyaq (sand)

teglliq (moose)

kipuciat (migration - the fact of their return)

kiak (summer)

iciwaq (spring)

uksuaq (autumn)

uksuq (winter)

rratarsutii (propeller - the thing that gives it lift)

Nanwaq cimirtuq. (The lake is changing.)

cimirluni (change)

nanwami naulriit (plants in the lake)

mermi naulriit (aquatic plants - that grow in fresh water)

nanwaq asircarluku (restoring the lake)

asircarluku (restoration)

iqalluk (salmon)

Suaciq (One person of Valdez/Prince William Sound)
Suacit (People of Valdez/Prince William Sound)