Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {akluna(j)aq}N |
| New orthography: | allunaaq, allunaat, allunassat |
| Old orthography: | agdlunâĸ, agdlunât, agdlunássat |
| Sources: | [22] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none, Geminating, Injection |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This stem denotes a 'strap' or 'cord' of leather.
Inflection sandhi:
According to several sources [14, 18, 8], this stem displays gemination of an unwritten consonant, here indicated as (j), which doubles to /jj/ and is devoiced to [cc]. However, according to Ordbogeeraq [18], it may alternatively also inflect like an ordinary p-declined weak-q stem without gemination, i.e. e.g. allunaat instead of allunassat. Here, we only record the declension with gemination, since the alternative inflection is regular.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | j⇒cc |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | allunassa | allunaa | allunaaq, allunassap, allunassat, |
| Old orthography | agdlunássa | agdlunâ | agdlunâĸ, agdlunássap, agdlunássat, |
| Phonemic orthography | aklunajja | aklunaa | aklunaaq, aklunajjap, aklunajjat, |
Notes on declension:
This is the declension with gemination.
Meanings and examples
I.e. a thin cord or strap cut from the skin of a particular type of seal (ussuk).