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General

Morphemic form: {əŋlu}N
New orthography: illu, illut
Old orthography: igdlo, igdlut
Sources: [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none, p-declined
Stem type: Vowel stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'house'. Notice the old-orthography spelling: igdlo. This word is the same, as the word that was borrowed into English (from Inuktitut) as igloo. However, the meaning is just 'house' in general, and not specifically 'snow hut'.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: Vowel stem
Inflection sandhi: Default/none, p-declined
Sources: [JP67]

Notes on inflection:

The stem inflects as a vowel stem with p-declension. As this is entirely regular, we do not record a full inflection pattern here.


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