Details

General

Morphemic form: {auvəq}N
New orthography: aaveq, aarrit, aarfit
Old orthography: âveĸ, ârrit, ârfit
Sources: [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Metathesis
Stem type(s): Strong q-stem, Strong q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem denotes a roof-beam in an old, Greenlandic house; according to Kleinschmidt [SK71] especially the smaller beams that go from the wall and up to the main beam. This stem was written âveĸ in the old orthography, whereas auveĸ was used for {aivəq}N, 'walrus'. There may have been some confusion between these two stems.


Inflection sandhi:

The stem declines with metathesis according to Kleinschmidt [SK71], Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL51] and Ordbogeeraq [JP67]. There are two variants of this declension: the metathesised consonant cluster /qv/ can be realised as either [χχ] or [ff], i.e. -rr- and -rf-. The first is actually just ə-drop and assimilation of /vq/ to /rr/, the latter is true metathesis. However, the forms with [ff] may be preferred today; maybe to distinguish this stem from {aivəq}N.


Inflection

Declension pattern:

Stem type: Strong q-stem
Declension type: up-declined
Declension sandhi: Metathesis

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography aaver aarr aaveq, aarrup, aarrit,
Phonemic orthography aavəq aarr aavəq, aarrup, aarrit,

Notes on declension:

This declension may alternatively be viewed as simply a drop of /ə/, and with assimilation of /vq/ to /rr/, with /q/ weakened to /r/.


Declension pattern:

Stem type: Strong q-stem
Declension type: up-declined
Declension sandhi: Metathesis

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography aaver aarf aaveq, aarfup, aarfit,
Phonemic orthography aavəq aaqv aavəq, aaqvup, aaqvit,

Notes on declension:

This declension is true metathesis, where /vəq/ becomes /qv/ with drop of /ə/.


Meanings and examples

In an old, Greenlandic house.


References