Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {sinəkðaqvik}N |
| New orthography: | sinittarfik, sinittarfiit |
| Old orthography: | sinigtarfik, sinigtarfît |
| Sources: | [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {sinək}V + V{ðaq}V + V{(v)vik}N |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s) |
| Inflection sandhi: | Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined |
| Stem type: | k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is a straightforward combination of {sinək}V + V{ðaq}V + V{(v)vik}N. The literal meaning is thus 'place where one habitually sleeps', and this is used to denote 'bedroom'.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.