Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-kuluuq}N
New orthography: -kulooq
Old orthography: -kulôĸ
Sources: [12, 14, 13]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: N{-kuluk}N, ?,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is 'a big N'. It appears to be an extension of N{-kuluk}N, although the relation to its meaning is unclear.


Inflection

Declension pattern:

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

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography -kuluu -kuluu
-kulooq
-kuluup
-kuluut
Phonemic orthography -kuluu -kuluu
-kulooq
-kuluup
-kuluut

Notes on declension:

The declension is not documented anywhere, but in the absence of further examples, we shall assume that it is a p-declined weak q-stem, since that is the most common.


Meanings and examples

This may in particular be a South-West Greenlandic meaning.

  • agiutikulooq, a big file [14]

    From agiut, 'file; rasp; fiddle bow'.

  • eqalukulooq, a big, arctic char [14]
  • illukulooq, a big house [14]
  • qujanakulooq, many thanks; thank you very much [14]