Details

General


Morphemic form: {uviluq}N
New orthography: uiloq, uillut
Old orthography: uiloĸ, uitdlut
Sources: [10, 14, 13, 16]
Combinations: Click here
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Geminating,
Stem type: Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour


Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'mussel' or 'clam'. According to Kleinschmidt [10], it can be used to refer either to the animal itself, or to the shell.


Inflection


Declension pattern:

Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Geminating
Gemination type: l⇒ll

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography uillu uilu
uiloq
uillup
uillut
Old orthography uitdlu uilu
uiloĸ
uitdlup
uitdlut
Phonemic orthography uvillu uvilu
uviluq
uvillup
uvillut


Meanings and examples


It can denote either the animal itself or the shell.