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IGUUGUM TUGIDAA

Wild Word Friday!

I thought it might be fun on the first Friday of each month to highlight the Aleut name – and translation – for that month. The Aleut word for June is IGUUGUM TUGIDAA. The second G in that phrase should have a circumflex accent (ˆ) over it, but I couldn’t get my computer to cooperate. My apologies to those of you who read Aleut!

 

IGUUGUM TUGIDAA means “month when birds are pulled from their burrows.” That might sound a little vicious, but in real life, on those islands, people survived by harvesting animals, including birds. June was a very good month for the people, because food sources became more abundant again after a winter of deprivation.

If you were to name the month of June for its attributes where you live, what would you name it? Here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, I think our month of June would be named “Month of Mosquitoes”!

Blessings!

Sue

(Photo by Vmenkov, licensed under GNU Free Documentation)

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6 Comments

  1. I see those burrows all the time on the bluff when im fishing on Cook Inlet. I have always wanted to get up close for a good view but was never able to. You gave me a good view. NICE picture 🙂 Quyana Sue

  2. Oh, yes! I love that sound and the smell of newly mown grass, Jody. Unless I’m the one pushing the lawnmower!

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