Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-kuluk}N |
| New orthography: | -kuluk |
| Old orthography: | -kuluk |
| Sources: |
[9]
[10]
|
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
|
| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
|
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this affix is 'bad N' or 'small N', but in some combinations it can also be used for endearment, cf. N{-kuluŋŋuaq}N. According to Kleinschmidt [9] , the basic meaning is an N that "in some way is insufficient w.r.t. some (desirable) property. However, the basic meaning can vary depending on the context, such that it can mean: 'despicable, bad, unclean, pathetic, etc.'." Strangely, this affix also has a verbal variant, V{-kuluk}V, with a rather different meaning: 'somewhat; partially'. It is unclear how this relates to the meaning of the present affix.
Inflection
Declension pattern
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -kuluk | -kulu |
-kuluk
-kuluup
-kuluit
|
| Phonemic orthography | -kuluk | -kulu |
-kuluk
-kuluup
-kuluit
|
Meanings and examples
Presumably denoting some form of insufficiency, which therefore is bad. However, Neither Kleinschmidt [9] nor Schultz-Lorentzen [10] give any usage examples.