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General


Morphemic form: {aqajaruq}N
New orthography: aqajaroq, aqajaqqut
Old orthography: aĸajaroĸ, aĸajarĸut
Sources: [9, 12, 11]
Combinations: Click here
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Geminating,
Stem type: 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 [9] 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:

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