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General

Morphemic form: {aqvinələk}N
New orthography: arfinillit
Old orthography: arfinigdlit
Sources: [SK71], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {aqvinəq}N + N{-lək}N
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Limited metathesis, Metathesis
Stem type(s): Regular k-stem, Regular k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem is a combination of {aqvinəq}N + N{-lək}N. It denotes the quantity six, which is used whenever one is speaking of a quantity of six items. For the numeral, see {aqvinəq}N.

This quantity is naturally plural, so it is only used with plural endings. Note that, since the final component is N{-lək}N, which has limited metathesis in the grammatical cases, the plural form in the prepositional cases changes quite a bit. Thus for example in the instrumental case: arfinilinnik.


Inflection sandhi:

Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{-lək}N. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

The quantity is plural and is used with plural endings.

  • arfinilinnik ukioqarpoq, he is six years old
  • ukiut arfinillit, six years

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