Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {anəŋaaq}N |
| New orthography: | aningaaq |
| Old orthography: | aningâĸ |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This stem is actually a name for The Moon, i.e. a mythological figure from the story of the Sun and the Moon. Briefly, the story is of an older brother, who has an incestuous relationship with his younger sister. She flees from him, carrying a torch, and becomes the Sun. He chases after her, also carrying a light, but his fire is extinguished, so only the embers are glowing. He becomes the Moon, Aningaaq.
The base of the word is likely {anə}N, 'older brother to a female'. However, the remainder of the stem is not explained in the Comparative Eskimo DIctionary [MFSJLK10]. The form given therein is {anəŋaʀ}, so it is also possible that the final morpheme is N{-aq}N.
Inflection
Inflection pattern:
| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Inflection sandhi: | Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined |
| Sources: | [JP67] |
Notes on inflection:
According to Ordbogeeraq [JP67], this stem inflects like an ordinary weak q-stem with p-declension, i.e. aningaap, aningaat. As this is entirely regular, we do not record a full inflection paradigm here.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).
- [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.