Examples
Meaning
Actor consumes N
| Kalaallisut | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| iffiartorpoq | he eats (rhye) bread | |
| kaffisorpoq | he drinks coffee | Here we see /t/ being assibilated to /s/ because of the final /i/. |
| tiitorpoq | he drinks tea | Here /t/ is not assibilated, even though {tiiq}N, 'tea' also ends in a true /i/ (since it is a borrowed word). |
| sikaritsitorpoq | he smokes cigarettes | In this example, /t/ is also not assibilated to /s/, even though cigaret has here been greenlandised by suffixing an /i/. |
| amersorpoq | he eats fish skin | From {amiq}N 'fish skin'. Here the true /i/ does assibilate /t/ to /s/. |
| mannissorpoq | he eats eggs | From {mannik}N 'egg'. Here the true /i/ does assibilate /t/ to /s/. |
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