Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {aŋlakvik}N |
| New orthography: | allaffik, allaffiit |
| Old orthography: | agdlagfik, agdlagfît |
| Sources: | [SK71], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {aŋlak}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:
This is a straightforward combination of {aŋlak}V + V{(v)vik}N. The literal meaning is thus 'place where one writes', and this is used in two different senses: 'writing desk' and 'office'.
Meanings and examples
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Tags
- Semantic categorisation / Nominal bases / Furniture
- Semantic categorisation / Nominal bases / Places
References
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.