Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-minəq}N
New orthography: -mineq
Old orthography: -mineĸ
Combinations: Click here
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Metathesis,
Stem type: Strong q-stem

Description and behaviour

Inflection

Declension pattern
Declension type: up-declined
Declension sandhi: Metathesis

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography -miner -merng
-mineq
-merngup
-merngit
Phonemic orthography -minəq -miqn
-minəq
-miqnup
-miqnit


Meanings and examples

It can also be used to express 'material (consisting of N)'.

  • qisumineq, a piece of wood
    [8]

    From qisuk, 'wood'.

  • sikumineq, a piece of ice
    [8]

    From siku, 'ice'.

  • igalaamineq, glass (as material)

    From igalaaq, 'window'.

  • savimineq, iron (as material)

    From savik, 'knife'.

Where N is a noun denoting a certain group/people. May be in plural.

  • kalaalimerngit, traditional greenlandic food

    From kalaaleq, 'Greenlander'.

  • qallunaamineq, Danish food

    From qallunaaq, 'Dane'.


References