Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {siuraq}N |
| New orthography: | sioraq, sioqqat |
| Old orthography: | sioraĸ, siorĸat |
| 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 grain of sand', and in plural, sioqqat, 'sand'.
Beware of the stem {sivuraq}N, 'front(side), area in front', which is entirely unrelated to the present stem, according to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [21], but which gets the same form as the present stem in the new orthography (albeit not in the old).
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 | sioqqa | siora | sioraq, sioqqap, sioqqat, |
| Old orthography | siorĸa | siora | sioraĸ, siorĸap, siorĸat, |
| Phonemic orthography | siurra | siura | siuraq, siurrap, siurrat, |
Meanings and examples
And in plural, sioqqat, 'sand'.