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General

Morphemic form: {tuŋliq}N
New orthography: tulleq, tulliit
Old orthography: tugdleĸ, tugdlît
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {tuŋə}N + N{(l)liq}N
Right sandhi: Assibilation (t⇒s)
Inflection sandhi: Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'next' or 'nearest' (in a row). This can either be a physical row (e.g. the next house on a street); or it can be the next in an ordering according to some property (e.g. height, size, age etc.).

There are also two special meanings, derived from the above:

  1. 'Neighbour', or 'fellow human', in the Biblical sense of 'love thy neighbour'. This usage is likely borrowed from Danish, where the corresponding word is næste, which literally means 'next'.
  2. 'Temple', i.e. on the side of the head. According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], this meaning is from siunnaap tullia, 'the ear-bone's next', and from this, the stem has then come to be used independently in this sense.

Right sandhi:

Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{(l)liq}N. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

Either a physical row, or an ordering w.r.t. some property, e.g. size, age etc.

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  • matussaa tulliussavoq, its door shall be the next [SK71]

    E.g. 'the next that will be made'. The previous could e.g. have been 'the stairs'.

  • qisunnguamik tullilerlugu, put a little piece of wood next to it [SK71]

    Literally: 'equipping its next with a little piece of wood'.

  • annerup tullia, the second-biggest [SK71]

    Literally: 'the biggest's next'.

  • illu tulleq, the next house [SK71]

    There may be other things between the houses, e.g. mountains, fjords etc. But no other houses. Thus, it refers to the next item of the same kind.

  • Kangerup Atammik tulleraa, after Kangeq follows Atammik [SK71]

    Literally: 'Kangeq has Atammik as its next'. These are town names.

I.e. in the Biblical sense of 'love thy neighbour'.

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  • tullera, my neighbour [SK71]

    Alternatively: inoqatiga.

I.e. on the face. This meaning is an abbreviation of siunnaap tullia, 'the ear-bone's next'.

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