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General

Morphemic form: {inuijak}N
New orthography: inuiak, inuiaat
Old orthography: inuiak, inuiait
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {inuk}N + N{-ijak}N
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined
Stem type: k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], the meaning of this stem is 'a person with more (people)', i.e. a crowd. However, when used in plural, the meaning becomes 'a group of people', 'a society', 'a people', 'a nation' etc.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: k-stem
Inflection sandhi: Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined
Sources: [JP67]

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography inuiak inuiak inuiak, inuiaap, inuiaat
Old orthography inuiak inuiak inuiak, inuiaup, inuiait
Phonemic orthography inuijak inuijak inuijak, inuijaup, inuijait

Notes on inflection:

The stem declines as a regular k-stem with up-declension, according to Ordbogeeraq [JP67]. It is recorded in singular in Kleinschmidt [SK71] and Ordbogeeraq, but given its meaning, it is unclear whether it would be used in singular; and in Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97], it only appears in plural.


Meanings and examples

When used in plural.

Tags: Uncategorised, Inherently plural

  • inuiaqatigiit, nations; peoples [SK71]

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