Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {qajuq}N |
| New orthography: | qajoq, qatsut |
| Old orthography: | ĸajoĸ, ĸatsut |
| 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:
The meaning of this stem is 'soup' or 'broth'. According to Kleinschmidt [13] also e.g. aqerlup ajua, 'lead oxide', which forms on lead when it is smelted. This meaning seems to be metaphorical, since the literal meaning would be 'soup of lead'. Alternatively, the stem could be regarded as expressing 'that which is extracted through heating/boiling'. In any case, the only meaning in use today seems to be 'soup'.
Inflection sandhi:
This stem normally declines with gemination of /j/ ⇒ [tc]. However, according to Schultz-Lorentzen [8], it may alternatively also decline without gemination, i.e. as an ordinary weak q-stem. This is not indicated in the other dictionaries, though, and e.g. Ordbogeeraq [17] only marks the declension as geminating. Thus, we only record the declension with gemination here.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | j⇒tc |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | qatsu | qaju | qajoq, qatsup, qatsut, |
| Old orthography | ĸatsu | ĸaju | ĸajoĸ, ĸatsup, ĸatsut, |
| Phonemic orthography | qajju | qaju | qajuq, qajjup, qajjut, |
Meanings and examples