Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {ilau}V |
| New orthography: | ilaavoq |
| Old orthography: | ilauvoĸ |
| Sources: | [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {ila}N + N{-u}V |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | |
| Stem type: | Vowel stem |
| Diathesis: | Subjective |
| Valency: | Monovalent, Monovalent |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The literal meaning of this stem is 'Actor is a member/companion (to some party/company N@ALL)', e.g. on a journey.
However, this can also be used in a rather extended sense, for example:
- '
Actoris a member' e.g. of a political party or a city council. - '
Actoris a passenger' e.g. on a bus, an aeroplane or some other vehicle that transports a group of people.
Meanings and examples
- Inatsisartunut ilaavoq, he is a member of (the Greenlandic) Parliament
- timmisartumut ilaavoq, he is a passenger on an aeroplane
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Tags
References
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.