Details

General

Morphemic form: {qiəraq}N
New orthography: qeeraq, qeeqqat
Old orthography: ĸêraĸ, ĸêrĸat
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 a type of atlantic fish, catfish (or wolf fish), Anarhichas lupus. The stem is not recorded in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [21], so the origin is unknown. However, I assume it is related to {qiəq}N, 'strand of white/grey hair', so we record the form here as /qiəraq/.


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 qeeqqa qeera qeeraq, qeeqqap, qeeqqat,
Old orthography ĸêrĸa ĸêra ĸêraq, ĸêrĸap, ĸêrĸat,
Phonemic orthography qiərra qiəra qiəraq, qiərrap, qiərrat,


Meanings and examples