Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {atuvaŋŋitvik}N |
| New orthography: | atuanngiffik, atuanngiffiit |
| Old orthography: | atuángífik, atuángífik |
| Sources: | [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {atuvaq}V + V{ŋŋit}V + V{(v)vik}N |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s) |
| Inflection sandhi: | Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined |
| Stem type: | k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'school holiday', i.e. in the mandatory 1st. to 10th grade school. The literal meaning is 'time when not studying', and note that V{(v)vik}N is here used in the sense of 'time when', rather than the more common 'place when'.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.