Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-kulak}N |
| New orthography: | -kulak |
| Old orthography: | -kulak |
| Sources: |
[9]
[10]
|
| Combinations: | Click here |
| 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 [10] 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 [11] .
Meanings and examples
There are no examples in Kleinschmidt [9] or Schultz-Lorentzen [10] ; the examples are given for the variant N{-kutlak}N instead.