ai?

Alutiiq

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *ay- base, “what did you say?”

Interjection

ai?

1. huh? what did you say?

References

• Fortescue, Michael, Steven Jacobson, and Lawrence Kaplan. 2010. Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Alaska Native Language Center.
• Leer, Jeff. Classroom Grammar of Koniag Alutiiq, Kodiak Island Dialect, Volume 1, Alaska Native Language Center, 1990