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General

Morphemic form: {unnuk}N
New orthography: unnuk, unnuit
Old orthography: únuk, únuit
Sources: [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined
Stem type: k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'evening' or 'this evening', if used as a time specification without further modification.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: k-stem
Inflection sandhi: Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined
Sources: [JP67], [CWSL51]

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography unnuk unnuk unnuk, unnuup, unnuit
Old orthography únuk únuk únuk, únûp, únuit
Phonemic orthography unnuk unnuk unnuk, unnuup, unnuit


Meanings and examples

  • ippassaq unnukkut, yesterday evening [SK71]

    Literally: 'yesterday in the evening', with the vialis case here specifying a more delimited time frame within the larger time frame of 'yesterday'.


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