Details

General


Morphemic form: N{-kulak}N
New orthography: -kulak
Old orthography: -kulak
Sources: [9, 11]
Combinations: Click here
Variants: N{-kutlak}N,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Regular k-stem

Description and behaviour


Form and usage:

This affix is mentioned in Kleinschmidt [9] and Schultz-Lorentzen [11] as a variant of N{-kutlak}N with the same meaning, i.e. 'a clumsy/ugly N'.


Inflection


Declension pattern:

Declension type: up-declined
Declension sandhi: Default/none

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography -kulak -kula
-kulak
-kulaap
-kulaat
Phonemic orthography -kulak -kula
-kulak
-kulaup
-kulait

Notes on declension:

The inflection is not documented in any dictionary, but presumably it inflects like a regular, up-declined k-stem. This assumption is based on the fact that this affix appears to be a variant of N{-kutlak}N, which is regular and up-declined according to Ordbogeeraq [12].


Meanings and examples


There are no examples in Kleinschmidt [9] or Schultz-Lorentzen [11]; the examples are given for the variant N{-kutlak}N instead.


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