Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {aqvinələk}N |
| New orthography: | arfinillit |
| Old orthography: | arfinigdlit |
| Sources: | [10, 13, 16] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Constituents: | {aqvinəq}N, N{-lək}N, |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Limited metathesis,
Metathesis,
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| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This stem is a combination of {aqvinəq}N + N{-lək}N. It denotes the quantity six, which is used whenever one is speaking of a quantity of six items. For the numeral, see {aqvinəq}N.
This quantity is naturally plural, so it is only used with plural endings. Note that, since the final component is N{-lək}N, which has limited metathesis in the grammatical cases, the plural form in the prepositional cases changes quite a bit. Thus for example in the instrumental case: arfinilinnik.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{-lək}N. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
The quantity is plural and is used with plural endings.
- arfinilinnik ukioqarpoq, he is six years old
- ukiut arfinillit, six years