Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {sisurautə}N |
| New orthography: | sisoraat, sisoraatit |
| Old orthography: | sisoraut, sisorautit |
| Sources: | [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {sisuraq}V + V{-(cc)utə}N |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none, p-declined |
| Stem type: | tə-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is straightforward from its constituents: 'something to slide down on' (i.e. on a snow-covered slope). In particular, it is used in plural in the sense of '(a pair of) skis'.
Meanings and examples
In plural, the meaning is 'skis'.
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References
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [CWSL51] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1951): Det Vestgrønlandske Sprog.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.