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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