Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {ualiq}N |
| New orthography: | ualeq |
| Old orthography: | uvaleĸ |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10], [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 'afternoon', i.e. the time that is closer to evening than to midday. It is also commonly used in vialis, ualikkut, in the sense of 'in the afternoon'. According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], some may alternatively use it in the locative case in the same sense.
Right sandhi:
The vowel in the last syllable is a true /i/, but it is not clear from the examples whether it may cause assibilation.
Inflection
Inflection pattern:
| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Inflection sandhi: | Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined |
| Sources: | [JP67] |
Notes on inflection:
The stem is likely a weak q-stem. However, it is likely seldom inflected at all, given its meaning, which is time expression. Thus, we do not given an inflection pattern here.
Meanings and examples
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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.