Details

General


Morphemic form: N{-ralaaq}N
New orthography: -ralaaq
Old orthography: -ralâĸ
Sources: [9, 12, 11]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: N{-ralak}N, N{-aq}N,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour


Form and usage:

This combination is described in Kleinschmidt, Schultz-Lorentzen and Ordbogeeraq [9, 11, 12], but not in Oqaatsit [14]. 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 [9]

    Cf. immannguaq, 'a little bit'.