Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {nəqə}N |
| New orthography: | neqi, neqit, neqaa |
| Old orthography: | neĸe, neĸit, neĸâ |
| Sources: | [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none, p-declined |
| Stem type: | ə-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], the meaning of this stem is 'food', but normally only used in the sense of 'meat'. According to the Comparative Eskimo DIctionary [MFSJLK10], there also seems to be a relation to the verbal stem {nərə}V, 'eat'.
Right sandhi:
Note that the final /ə/ normally takes the sound [a] when followed by a vowel, i.e. either a vowel-initial ending, or especially N{-utə}N.
Inflection
Inflection pattern:
| Stem type: | ə-stem |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none, p-declined |
| Sources: | [JP67], [SK71] |
Notes on inflection:
The stem inflects as an ordinary vowel stem with p-declension. As this is entirely regular, we do not record a full inflection paradigm here. Note that with vowel-initial endings, the final /ə/ will take the sound [a], e.g. {nəqə}N + N{-a} ⇒ neqaa, 'its flesh'.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).