Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {əsuqðuq}N |
| New orthography: | Isortoq |
| Old orthography: | Isortoĸ |
| Sources: | [SK71], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {əsuq}V + V{ðuq}N |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The literal meaning of this stem is 'the murky/unclear'. It is a place name, commonly used of fjords and lakes, where the water is murky because of clay and other sediments washed out by a nearby glacier.
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References
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.