How to read the entries

Regardless of which view you choose in the menu, you will be presented with a list of morphemes (in AITWG-notation), along with their spelling in the new orthography, their meaning in English, and (if it exists) their reconstructed, proto-eskimoic roots according to the CED (Fortescue et al., 2010). Clicking on a morpheme in any view will give you its entry record, which consists of a number of sections:

• The General section repeats the morphemic form, new orthography form, and proto-eskimoic form from the overview. It also lists if a morpheme is a combination of of other morphemes, which is important, since it will then inherit the left (resp. right) sandhi behaviour of its leftmost (resp. rightmost) constituent. It also names the morpheme type (noun base, verbal base, nominaliser, verbaliser, etc.), which is also given by the join markers of the morphemic form. Lastly, it lists any variants of the morpheme, with no difference in meaning.

• The Description section contains notes (if any) about the form and behaviour of the morpheme. Some morphemes, such as e.g. V{-ðaq}N and V{ŋŋit}V have very non-standard behaviour, which is described in this section.

• If the morpheme is a noun stem, the Noun stem section will tell you the stem type (i.e. weak q-stem, k-stem, strong q-stem etc.); whether the stem is p-declined or up-declined; and whether the declension shows any special right-sandhi behaviour (e.g. gemination, metathesis, nasalation etc.). It is followed by a table, which shows how the stem is declined in the new orthography, and also in phonemic notation (i.e. before any sound rules are applied), which may makes it easier to discern the underlying pattern. Besides the absolutive and ergative singular and plural forms, the table also lists the allative singular (i.e. N{mut}), which is an example of a consonant-initial ending, and the absolutive 3rd person singular, singular possessive (i.e. N{-a}), which is an example of a vowel-initial ending. The former is relevant, because it may trigger gemination or ə-elision, and the latter is relevant because it may trigger metathesis or nasalation. Together, these two forms therefore tell you, how the stem regularly behaves with any type of ending. However, there may also be some special forms of the stem with certain endings: these are recorded in the final column. They are usually just variant forms; i.e. the regular form, with the ending attached in the way indicated by the other columns, may also be used. Lastly, note that the declension section may be repeated, if a stem shows more than one declension pattern; this is e.g. the case with V{-ðaq}N, since it displays gemination when it appears as -gaq, but not otherwise.

• If the morpheme is a verb stem, the Verb stem section will tell you whether the stem shows any special right-sandhi behaviour (e.g. contracted endings dute to /ə/, or irregular changes to the mood marker such as with V{ŋŋit}V). It also lists the valency and diathesis (voice) of the stem, and, if the stem is more than monovalent, what HTR-morpheme the stem uses, and also the shape of the HTR-stem.

• Lastly, the Meaning(s) section lists the meaning or meanings of the morpheme. You can also click on Examples to see examples of its usage.