Details

General

Morphemic form: {aivəq}N
New orthography: aaveq, aarrit, aarfit
Old orthography: auveĸ, aorrit, aorfit
Sources: [13, 17, 16, 19]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Metathesis
Stem type(s): Strong q-stem, Strong q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'walrus'. It is/was written auveĸ in the old orthography, but this 'u' seems to be spurious, maybe due to a confusion with {auvəq}N, to which it is not at all related, according to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [21]. These authors instead give a reconstructed historic form {ayvəʀ} for the present stem, where the /y/ is reflected as /i/ in the morphemic notation of the present stem.


Inflection sandhi:

The stem declines with metathesis according to Kleinschmidt [13], Schultz-Lorentzen [8] and Ordbogeeraq [17]. There are two variants of this declension: the metathesised consonant cluster /qv/ can be realised as either [χχ] or [ff], i.e. -rr- and -rf-. The first is actually just ə-drop and assimilation of /vq/ to /rr/, the latter is true metathesis. However, the forms with [χχ] may be preferred today; maybe to distinguish this stem from {auvəq}N.


Inflection

Declension pattern:

Stem type: Strong q-stem
Declension type: up-declined
Declension sandhi: Metathesis

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography aaver aarr aaveq, aarrup, aarrit,
Phonemic orthography aivəq airr aivəq, airrup, airrit,

Notes on declension:

This declension may alternatively be viewed as simply a drop of /ə/, and with assimilation of /vq/ to /rr/, with /q/ weakened to /r/.


Declension pattern:

Stem type: Strong q-stem
Declension type: up-declined
Declension sandhi: Metathesis

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography aaver aarf aaveq, aarfup, aarfit,
Phonemic orthography aivəq aiqv aivəq, aiqvup, aiqvit,

Notes on declension:

This declension is true metathesis, where /vəq/ becomes /qv/ with drop of /ə/.


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