Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {aqajaruq}N |
| New orthography: | aqajaroq, aqajaqqut |
| Old orthography: | aĸajaroĸ, aĸajarĸut |
| Sources: | [13, 17, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'stomach', i.e. the internal organ of some living organism.
As Kleinschmidt [13] explains: "aqajarua, his stomach (the one he has inside him); aqajaruutaa, a stomach belonging to him (namely: the stomach of a seal, that he is using as a bag)."
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 |
aqajaqqu |
aqajaru |
aqajaroq, aqajaqqup, aqajaqqut, |
| Phonemic orthography |
aqajarru |
aqajaru |
aqajaruq, aqajarrup, aqajarrut, |
Meanings and examples