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General

Morphemic form: {qavlunaaq}N
New orthography: qallunaaq, qallunaat
Old orthography: ĸavlunâĸ, ĸavlunât
Sources: [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'white man' or 'european'. It is also used specifically in the sense of 'Dane', since most Europeans in Greenland historically have been Danes.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: q-stem
Inflection sandhi: Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined
Sources: [JP67]

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography qallunaa qallunaa qallunaaq, qallunaap, qallunaat
Old orthography ĸavlunâ ĸavlunâ ĸavlunâĸ, ĸavlunâp, ĸavlunât
Phonemic orthography qavlunaa qavlunaa qavlunaaq, qavlunaap, qavlunaat

Notes on inflection:

The stem inflects as an ordinary weak q-stem with p-declension. With vowel-initial endings, an epenthetic consonant must be injected before the long [aa] sound, which is standard.


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