Details

General


Morphemic form: {papəruq}N
New orthography: paperoq, papeqqut
Old orthography: paperoĸ, paperĸut
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 'fish tail' (note also sarpik, 'whale's tail').


Inflection


Declension pattern:

Stem type: Weak q-stem
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Geminating
Gemination type: r⇒qq

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography papeqqu paperu paperoq, papeqqup, papeqqut,
Old orthography paperĸu paperu paperoĸ, paperĸup, paperĸut,
Phonemic orthography papərru papəru papəruq, papərrup, papərrut,


Meanings and examples