Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {aqvak}N |
| New orthography: | arfak, arfaat |
| Old orthography: | arfak, arfait |
| Sources: | [17, 16, 19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | 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 [16], who writes it as arfaĸ.
However, according to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [21], it derives from a morpheme {aʀvaɣ}, so the k-stem form does indeed seem to be the original.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
| 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