Details

General

Morphemic form: {papəruq}N
New orthography: paperoq, papeqqut
Old orthography: paperoĸ, paperĸut
Sources: [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Geminating
Stem type(s): Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem denotes 'fish tail' (note also sarpik, 'whale's tail').


Inflection

Declension pattern:

Stem type: Weak q-stem
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Geminating
Gemination type: r⇒qq

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography papeqqu paperu paperoq, papeqqup, papeqqut,
Old orthography paperĸu paperu paperoĸ, paperĸup, paperĸut,
Phonemic orthography papərru papəru papəruq, papərrup, papərrut,


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