Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {niuvəqðuq}N |
| New orthography: | niuertoq |
| Old orthography: | niuvertoĸ |
| Sources: | [13, 16, 19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {niuvəq}V + V{ðuq}N |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This stem denotes 'merchant', which is literally from the combination of the meaning of the constituents. A secondary meaning is 'governor of a settlement' in older times in Greenland, because the (main) merchant in town was also the town governor (comparable perhaps to a mayor).
Meanings and examples
In older times in Greenland.