Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {qipək}N |
| New orthography: | qipik, qikkit |
| Old orthography: | ĸipik, ĸivkit |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Strong stem, Metathesis, up-declined, Cək⇒Ck |
| Stem type: | k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'blanket', or 'quilt', or 'duvet' or similar.
Inflection
Inflection pattern:
| Stem type: | k-stem |
| Inflection sandhi: | Strong stem, Metathesis, up-declined, Cək⇒Ck |
| Sources: | [JP67] |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | qipik | qikk | qipik, qikkup, qikkit |
| Old orthography | ĸipik | ĸivk | ĸipik, ĸivkup, ĸivkit |
| Phonemic orthography | qipək | qipk | qipək, qipkup, qipkit |
Notes on inflection:
The stem inflects as a strong k-stem with up-declension and the type of metathesis where /ə/ just drops, so we get the cluster /pk/, which assimilates to [kk], spelt 'vk' in the old orthography.
Meanings and examples
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Tags
References
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).
- [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.