Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {aqvak}N |
| New orthography: | arfak, arfaat |
| Old orthography: | arfak, arfait |
| Sources: | [14, 13, 16] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
|
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
|
| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'edge of the hand'. It is normally recorded as a k-stem nowadays, but for some reason, it is listed as a q-stem in some older dictionaries, such as Schultz-Lorentzen [13], who writes it as arfaĸ. However, according to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [18], it derives from a morpheme {aʀvaɣ}, so the k-stem form does indeed seem to be the original.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | arfak | arfa |
arfak
arfaap
arfaat
|
| Phonemic orthography | aqvak | aqva |
aqvak
aqvaup
aqvait
|
Meanings and examples