Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {uviluq}N |
| New orthography: | uiloq, uillut |
| Old orthography: | uiloĸ, uitdlut |
| Sources: | [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'mussel' or 'clam'. According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], it can be used to refer either to the animal itself, or to the shell.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | l⇒ll |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | uillu | uilu | uiloq, uillup, uillut |
| Old orthography | uitdlu | uilu | uiloĸ, uitdlup, uitdlut |
| Phonemic orthography | uvillu | uvilu | uviluq, uvillup, uvillut |
Meanings and examples
It can denote either the animal itself or the shell.
Search the corpus for further examples.
References
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [CWSL51] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1951): Det Vestgrønlandske Sprog.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.