Details

General

Morphemic form: {asaluq}N
New orthography: asaloq, asallut
Old orthography: asaloĸ, asatdlut
Sources: [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Weak stem, Geminating, p-declined, l⇒ll
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem is not mentioned in the newer dictionary Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97]. However, according to Kleinschmidt [SK71], it denotes a so-called 'kayak stool', which is a kind of small scaffold in front of the man, on which the harpoon line ({{ mref(kl/base/n/aləq) }}) lies.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: q-stem
Inflection sandhi: Weak stem, Geminating, p-declined, l⇒ll

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography asallu asalu asaloq, asallup, asallut
Old orthography asatdlu asalu asaloĸ, asatdlup, asatdlut
Phonemic orthography asallu asalu asaluq, asallup, asallut


Meanings and examples

A small scaffold in front of the kayak man.


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