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General

Morphemic form: {uummatnaq}N
New orthography: uummannaq
Old orthography: ũmánaĸ
Sources: [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {uummatə}N + N{(q)naq}N
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem is a combination of {uummatə}N + N{(q)naq}N, so the literal meaning is 'something resembling a heart'. It is a common place name, used of mountains that resemble a (human) heart. There is also a town in Northern Greenland by this name, Uummannaq (abbreviated Uum).


Meanings and examples

I.e., the name for such a mountain, or for a place where such a mountain is.

Tags: Places


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