Details

General

Morphemic form: {upəqnaaq}N
New orthography: upernaaq, upernaat
Old orthography: upernâĸ, upernât
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [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 'spring', i.e. the season after winter and before summer. It can also be used as a time expression: in the absolutive case it can denote 'in the spring' (a particular spring); and in vialis it can denote 'during the spring', i.e. something that happens every spring, or during a specific spring of a larger time frame, e.g. a specific year.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: q-stem
Inflection sandhi: Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined

Notes on inflection:

The stem inflects as an ordinary weak q-stem with p-declension. As this is entirely regular, we do not record a full inflection paradigm here.


Meanings and examples

I.e. the season after winter and before summer.

Tags: Time

  • 2011-mi upernaakkut Kalaallit Nunaannukarpunga, I travelled to Greenland in the spring of 2011.

    Here in the vialis case, to denote a more specific time within the larger time frame of 2011.


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