Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {əgləraq}N |
| New orthography: | illeraq, illeqqat |
| Old orthography: | igdleraĸ, igdlerqat |
| Sources: | [13, 17, 8, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This stem denotes 'krill' or other tiny sea animals eaten by whales.
It is described in all the older dictionaries [13, 17, 16], but not in Oqaatsit [19] and newer dictionaries, which may indicate that the word is not used nowadays.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | r⇒qq |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms |
| New orthography |
illeqqa |
illera |
illeraq, illeqqap, illeqqat, |
| Old orthography |
igdlerĸa |
igdlera |
igdleraĸ, igdlerĸap, igdlerĸat, |
| Phonemic orthography |
əglərra |
əgləra |
əgləraq, əglərrap, əglərrat, |
Meanings and examples