Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {sulukvaugaq}N |
| New orthography: | suluppaagaq, suluppaavaq, suluppaakkat |
| Old orthography: | suluppâgaĸ, suluppâvaĸ, suluppâvkat |
| Sources: | [13, 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 reddish rockfish or Norwegian haddock (Sebastes marinus). According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [21], it seems to be derived from {suluk}N, 'wing' (maybe because of the finns of the fish), but the exact derivation is unclear.
Inflection sandhi:
The stem has regular gemination of /g/ to [kk]. Even in the old orthography, where this was spelt sulugpâvaĸ, the stem still had gemination of this /v/ to [kk], spelt 'vk', thus revealing that this phoneme in fact is a /g/. This pattern was apparently standard for stems ending in -vaĸ, according to Schultz-Lorentzen [8].
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | g⇒kk |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | suluppaakka | suluppaaga | suluppaagaq, suluppaakkap, suluppaakkat, |
| Old orthography | sulugpâvka | sulugpâga | sulugpâvaq, sulugpâvkap, sulugpâvkat, |
| Phonemic orthography | sulukvaugga | sulukvauga | sulukvaugaq, sulukvauggap, sulukvauggat, |
Notes on declension:
We include the old orthography declension with '-vaĸ' ⇒ '-vka', although the spelling nowadays is most commonly with '-gaq'.
Meanings and examples