Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {aqvak}N |
| New orthography: | arfak, arfaat |
| Old orthography: | arfak, arfait |
| Sources: | [JP67], [CWSL58, As arfaĸ], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined |
| Stem type: | k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'edge of the hand'. It is normally recorded as a k-stem nowadays, but for some reason, it is listed as a q-stem in some older dictionaries, such as Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL58], who writes it as arfaĸ. However, according to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], it derives from a morpheme {aʀvaɣ}, so the k-stem form does indeed seem to be the original.
Inflection
Inflection pattern:
| Stem type: | k-stem |
| Inflection sandhi: | Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | arfak | arfa | arfak, arfaap, arfaat |
| Phonemic orthography | aqvak | aqva | aqvak, aqvaup, aqvait |
Meanings and examples
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References
- [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.
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).