Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {anaq}N |
| New orthography: | anaq, annat |
| Old orthography: | anaĸ, ánat |
| Sources: | [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | n⇒nn |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | anna | ana | anaq, annap, annat |
| Old orthography | ána | ana | anaĸ, ánap, ánat |
| Phonemic orthography | anna | ana | anaq, annap, annat |
Meanings and examples
There are also some derived meanings in special combinations.
- ullorissap anaa, shooting star
[SK71]
Literally 'the star's shit'.
- seqernup anaa,
[SK71]
Literally 'the sun's shit'.
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.