Details

General


Morphemic form: {qulə}N
New orthography: qummut, qulaa, qulaani
Proto-eskimoic root: qulə-
Variants: {qulək}N
Morpheme type: Noun base
Right sandhi: None

Description


Form:

spatial/directional stem, only used with prepositional case endings and/or possessive endings.


Noun stem


Stem type: ə-stem (vowel stem)
Declension type: Undefined
Declension sandhi: Regular
ABS.sg ERG.sg ERG.pl ALL.sg ABS.3sg/sg Special forms
New orthography qul-mut qulaa qummut (ALL.sg); qummit (ABL.sg)
Phonemic notation qul-mut quləa qulmut (ALL.sg); qulmit (ABL.sg)
Notes on declension:

Note qummut 'upwards', where N{mut} attaches directly to the consonant, as with t-stems.


Meaning(s)


Meaning Notes
the area above something with possessive endings, the area above possessor.
upwards When used with allative N{mut}, i.e. qummut. Examples