Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {kanajuq}N |
| New orthography: | kanajoq, kanassut, kanioq, kanissut |
| Old orthography: | kanajoq, kanásut, kanioĸ, kanísut |
| Sources: | [13, 17, 8, 16, 19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This stem denotes 'arctic sculpin' (Myoxocephalus scorpius), a type of bottom-dwelling fish.
According to Kleinschmidt and Schultz-Lorentzen [13, 16], this stem has a variant form kanioĸ, kanísut, which is used in North Greenlandic. We do not record this as a separate stem here, but it can be obtained from the present form /kanajuq/ by changing this /a/ to /i/, i.e. /kanijuq/.
Inflection sandhi:
This stem displays a very rare, irregular form of gemination of /j/ ⇒ /ss/, rather than the usual [cc] or [tc] predicted by the usual sound rules. This also happens for the North Greenlandic variant form /kanijuq/.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | j⇒ss |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | kanassu | kanaju | kanajoq, kanassup, kanassut, |
| Old orthography | kanásu | kanaju | kanajoĸ, kanásup, kanásut, |
| Phonemic orthography | kanassu | kanaju | kanajuq, kanassup, kanassut, |
Notes on declension:
In the phonological inflection, we record the geminated consonant as /ss/, rather than /jj/, since /jj/ does not normally take the sound [ss] according to the sound rules.
Meanings and examples