Details

General

Morphemic form: {əlit}V
New orthography: ilippaa, ilitsivoq, ilippoq
Old orthography: ilípâ, ilitsivoĸ, ilípoĸ
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Assibilation (t⇒s)
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: t-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], the meaning of this stem is 'learn'. The stem is not recorded in the Oqaatsit dictionary [CBBJRPIKJR97], but it is listed in older dictionaries [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], so it is presumably not used productively nowadays.


Right sandhi:

Assibilation is not explicitly documented in any of the dictionaries, but we can see that the process must have been effective in lexicalised words such as ilisaraa, 'he knows/recognises him', which appears to have been formed from {əlit}V + V{-ðaq}N + N{-gə}V, yielding

by the t-to-s rule.


Notable forms:

Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: t-stem
Inflection sandhi: Default/none


Meanings and examples

Kleinschmidt [SK71] elaborates: 'he has acquired knowledge of something that he did not previously know'.

  • ilinniagassakka ilippakka, I have now learned (done) my homework [SK71]

    Note: this example is from a time when homework likely often would involve memorising something, so it makes sense to say that one has learned his homework.


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