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General

Morphemic form: {aləq}N
New orthography: aleq, arlit
Old orthography: aleĸ, ardlit
Sources: [MFSJLK10]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Strong stem, Metathesis, up-declined, Cəq⇒qC
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem denotes a thong or line for a harpoon.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: q-stem
Inflection sandhi: Strong stem, Metathesis, up-declined, Cəq⇒qC
Sources: [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CWSL51]

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography aler arl aleq, arlup, arlit
Old orthography aler ardl aleĸ, ardlup, ardlit
Phonemic orthography aləq aql aləq, aqlup, aqlit

Notes on inflection:

The declension with metathesis is recorded both in Kleinschmidt [SK71], Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL58], [CWSL51], and in Ordbogeeraq [JP67] They mention ardla, '(the man's) harpoon line' and the plural form ardlit.


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