Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-ruluk}N |
| New orthography: | -ruluk |
| Old orthography: | -ruluk |
| Sources: | [13, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Variants: | V{-ruluk}V |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | Regular k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is a non-productive, nominal variant of V{-ruluk}V. Kleinschmidt [13] notes that it is very rarely used nominally. According to Kleinschmidt and Schultz-Lorentzen [13, 16], it can be translated as 'unusual N'.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -ruluk | -rulu | -ruluk, -ruluup, -ruluit, |
| Phonemic orthography | -ruluk | -rulu | -ruluk, -ruluup, -ruluit, |
Notes on declension:
The inflection is not documented anywhere. Thus we assume it declines like a regular k-stem with up-declension.
Meanings and examples
- mikisoruluk, (one that is) unusually small
[16]
From mikisoq, '(one that is) small'.