are not used in the Cupʼik alphabet: b d f h j o x z. Vowels: Short vowels: a i u e Long vowels: aa ii uu Diphthongs: ai ui au iu ua ia Consonants: Stops: p t c k q Voiced fricatives: v l y g r w Voiceless fricatives: vv ll ss gg rr ww Voiced nasals: m n ng Voiceless nasals: m n ng Russian loanwords The Russian loanwords used in Chevak Cupʼik date from the period of the Russian America (1733–1867). caarralaq (< Rus. сахар) 'sugar' caayuq (< Rus. чай) 'tea' caanik (< Rus. чайник) 'tea kettle' capʼakiq ( < Rus. сапоги) 'shoe' cassʼaq (< Rus. часы) 'clock' culunaq (?< Rus. солонина 'salted meat') 'salted fish' kalantaassaq (< Rus. карандаш) 'pencil' kalmaaniq (< Rus. карман) 'pocket' kelipaq (< Rus. хлеб) 'bread' luussitaq (< Rus. лошадь) 'horse' massʼlaq (< Rus. масло) 'butter; margarine' missuulleq (< Rus. мешок) 'burlap sack' mulukʼuuq (< Rus. молоко) 'milk' multʼuuq (< Rus. молоток) 'hammer' palʼtuuk (< Rus. пальто) 'coat; jacket' pelatekaq (< Rus. палатка) 'tent' putuskaq (< Rus. подушка) 'pillow' spickaq : (< Rus. спичка) 'match' tiititsaaq / tiissitsaaq (< Rus. тысяча) 'thousand; one thousand dollars' yaassiik : (< Rus. ящик) 'box; cardboard box' The names of days and months erneq day Agayuneq ('praying') Sunday Pekyun ('movement') Monday Aipirin ('next') Tuesday Pingayirin ('third') Wednesday Citamirin ('fourth') Thursday Tallimirin ('fifth') Friday Maqineq ('steambath') Saturday iraluq month Agayuulek ('icicles') January Nakrutlek ('accurate shooter') February Neqlelek ('white front geese') March Tunturalek ('reindeer') April Cupun ('breaking river ice') May Kaugun ('clubbing fish') June Essgun ('newly hatched eggs') July Putukuarun ('waddling ducks & geese') August Amiirairun ('shedding') September Cauyaun ('drumming') (in Chevak) / Ipukaqun (in Hooper Bay) October Kanruyauciq ('frost') November Angunquyugtuun ('big toe') December See also Nunivak Cup'ig language Alaska Native Language Center References External links Alaskool: Chevak Cupʼik Glossary Alaskool: Guidebook for Integrating Cupʼik Culture and Curriculum Kashunamiut School District On the Facebook: Cupʼik Word Of The Day - Chevak by Rebecca Nayamin (Cupʼik Language Orthographist) Indigenous languages of the United States Yupik languages Endangered Eskaleut languages