Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {qulə}N |
| New orthography: | qummut, qulaa, qulaani |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | qulə- |
| Variants: |
{qulək}N
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| 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 |
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qul-mut |
qulaa |
qummut (ALL.sg); qummit (ABL.sg) |
| Phonemic notation |
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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 |
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| the area above something |
with possessive endings, the area above possessor. |
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| upwards |
When used with allative N{mut}, i.e. qummut. |
Examples |