Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{'-vik}N (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -vik |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | ðviɣ |
| Variants: | V{(v)vik}N |
| Morpheme type: | Nominaliser |
| Left sandhi: | Geminating (truncative, may cause gemination in the stem) |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation |
Description
Form and usage:
A mostly non-productive variant of V{(v)vik}N, which however is used in a number of lexicalised constructions. It also seems to be preferred when the the Language Secretariat is creating new lexicalisations of technical terms; possibly to allow them to be distinguished from similarly constructed words with a more general meaning. It is seemingly seldom used on consonant stems (but see the examples ingerlatsivik and Upernavik).
Left sandhi:The affix will geminate a single consonant in the stem.
Declension information
| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Regular |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -vik | -viup | -viit | -vimmut | -via | |
| Phonemic notation | '-vik | '-viup | '-viit | '-vikmut | '-via |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| place where one Vb | Examples | |
| time when one Vb's | This meaning is less common than 'place'. | Examples |