Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {ailisaq}N |
| New orthography: | aalisaq, aalitsat |
| Old orthography: | âlisaĸ, âlitsat |
| 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 'wall skin', i.e. skin used for covering the walls in a traditional house. From this is then derived the newer meaning, 'wallpaper, tapestry' etc.
The stem is listed in all the older dictionaries [13, 16, 17], but not in Oqaatsit [19] or newer dictionaries, so it might not be commonly used (in the sense of 'wallpaper') nowadays.
According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [21], the reconstructed historical form of this stem is {ailitaq}. The modern form derives from this, because the /t/ was assibilated to /s/ because of the preceding true /i/.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | s⇒tc |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | aalitsa | aalisa | aalisaq, aalitsap, aalitsat, |
| Old orthography | âlitsa | âlisa | âlisaĸ, âlitsap, âlitsat, |
| Phonemic orthography | ailitca | ailisa | ailisaq, ailitcap, ailitcat, |
Meanings and examples