Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {amiq}N |
| New orthography: | ameq, ammit |
| Old orthography: | ameĸ, ámit |
| Sources: | [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s) |
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Right sandhi:
The true /i/ can cause assibilation of a following /t/. For example, Oqaatsit N{tuq}V }} gives the example amersorpoq, 'he eats (fish) skin' for the affix N{tuq}V.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | m⇒mm |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | ammi | ami | ameq, ammip, ammit |
| Old orthography | ámi | ami | ameĸ, ámip, ámit |
| Phonemic orthography | ammi | ami | amiq, ammip, ammit |
Meanings and examples
of human or animal
Search the corpus for further examples.
References
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [CWSL51] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1951): Det Vestgrønlandske Sprog.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.