Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {kənlək}N |
| New orthography: | killik, killeq, killinga |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | kənlə |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Noun stem
| Stem type: | Strong k-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Weakening |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
killik |
killingup |
killingit |
killimmut |
killinga |
killeq (ABS.sg) |
| Phonemic notation |
kənlək |
kənləŋup |
kənləŋit |
kənləkmut |
kənləŋa |
kənləq (ABS.sg) |
Notes on declension:
This stem declines with nasalation of /k/. However, nowadays this stem is seldom used, except with possessive endings; i.e. killinga, killingi etc., as a spatial/directional noun used to denote the area at the border/edge of an entity, or with affixes, e.g. killeqarfik, 'border' (of a country). For the absolutive singular, there seems to be a preference for treating the stem as q-final instead; i.e. killeq, rather than the k-final form, which makes this stem appear unpredictably irregular.
Meaning(s)