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General

Morphemic form: {kaŋiqlukcuaq}N
New orthography: Kangerlussuaq
Old orthography: Kangerdlugssuaĸ
Sources: [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {kaŋiqluk}N + N{(q)cuaq}N
Right sandhi: /aq/ drop
Inflection sandhi:
Stem type(s): Regular q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is the name of a small town in West Greenland, literally 'big fjord', Danish: Søndrestrømfjord. This was originally an old, American air base, which was later converted to a public airport. This was the location where the atlantic aeroplane from Copenhagen would land, and people would then continue on to their destination in Greenland with smaller planes.


Right sandhi:

Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{(q)cuaq}N. See this for details.


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