Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-ralaaq}N |
| New orthography: | -ralaaq |
| Old orthography: | -ralâĸ |
| Sources: | [13, 17, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | N{-ralak}N + N{-aq}N |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This combination is described in Kleinschmidt, Schultz-Lorentzen and Ordbogeeraq [13, 16, 17], but not in Oqaatsit [19]. It appears to only be used in the old sense of N{-ralak}N, namely 'small N'.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{-aq}N. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
- immaralaralaralaannguaq, a tiny, tiny, tiny bit
[13]
Cf. immannguaq, 'a little bit'.