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Morphemic form: {agləq}N
New orthography: alleq, allerit
Old orthography: agdleĸ, agdlerit
Sources: [MFSJLK10]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Weakening
Stem type(s): Strong q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem denotes a long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis). According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], it is an onomatopoeia derived from the voice of the bird.

According to Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL51], this stem is declined with weakening of /q/, but it is unclear why this should be the case, since the preceding vowel is a true /i/ and not a /ə/, according to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10]; the root is {aɬɣiʀ} according to these authors. Thus, we record this stem as /agləq/, rather than /agliq/, to reflect its inflection behaviour.


Inflection sandhi:

The stem declines with up-declension and weakening according to Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL51] and Ordbogeeraq [JP67].


Inflection

Declension pattern:

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

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography aller aller alleq, allerup, allerit,
New orthography agdler agdler agdleĸ, agdlerup, agdlerit,
Phonemic orthography agləq aglər agləq, aglərup, aglərit,


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