Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {əvək}N |
| New orthography: | ivik, iffit |
| Old orthography: | ivik, igfit |
| Sources: | [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Limited metathesis |
| Stem type(s): | Weak k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The original meaning of this stem is 'a blade of grass'. However, this meaning seems to mostly have been taken over by the derived stem {əvəgaq}N instead. A derived meaning is a type of hard ship biscuits, which instead seems to be the more common denotation by this stem nowadays.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak k-stem |
| Declension type: | ip-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Limited metathesis |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | ivik | ivi | ivik, iffip, iffit |
| Phonemic orthography | əvək | əvə | əvək, əkvip, əkvit |
Meanings and examples
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References
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.