Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-kiqluk}N |
| New orthography: | -kerluk |
| Old orthography: | -kerdluk |
| Sources: | [13, 17, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | N{-kit}V + N{(q)luk}N |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | Regular k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix appears to be a non-standard combination of N{-kit}V, 'has small/few' and N{(q)luk}N, 'bad' (or 'poor', 'pathetic' etc.). The meaning is 'something that has small, bad N', or, according to Ordbogeeraq [17], just -kitsoq, i.e. 'something that has small/few N'. The affix is not used productively, but may be found in some place-names.
Meanings and examples
The meaning 'bad' may sometimes not be present.
- Atanikerluk,
[16]
From ataneq, 'connexion'. It denotes a place where a narrow stretch of land connects to another piece of land between two lakes.
- atikerluk,
[16]
From {atə}N, 'area below'.