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General

Morphemic form: {aivəq}N
New orthography: aaveq, aarrit, aarfit
Old orthography: auveĸ, aorrit, aorfit
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97], [JP67], [CWSL51]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Metathesis
Stem type(s): 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 [MFSJLK10]. 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 [SK71], Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL51] and Ordbogeeraq [JP67]. 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.

Note: The forms with -rr- follow the usual up-declension, i.e. aarrup as expected. However, the alternative inflection with -rf- appears instead to be ip-declined, i.e. aarfip, according to Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL51], which apparently is the only source that documents the ergative singular form.


Inflection

Declension pattern:

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

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography aaver aarr aaveq, aarrup, aarrit
Old orthography auver aorr auveĸ, aorrup, aorrit
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: ip-declined
Declension sandhi: Metathesis
Metathesis type: Cəq⇒qC

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography aaver aarf aaveq, aarfip, aarfit
Old orthography auver aorf auveĸ, aorfip, aorfit
Phonemic orthography aivəq aiqv aivəq, aiqvip, aiqvit

Notes on declension:

This declension is true metathesis, where /vəq/ becomes /qv/ with drop of /ə/. However, here the stem is ip-declined, rather than up-declined as usual, according to Schulzt-Lorentzen [CWSL51].


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