Details

General

Morphemic form: {niuvəqðuq}N
New orthography: niuertoq
Old orthography: niuvertoĸ
Sources: [SK71], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {niuvəq}V + V{ðuq}N
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type(s): Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem denotes 'merchant', which is literally from the combination of the meaning of the constituents. A secondary meaning is 'governor of a settlement' in older times in Greenland, because the (main) merchant in town was also the town governor (comparable perhaps to a mayor).


Meanings and examples

In older times in Greenland.


References