Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {inuu}V |
| New orthography: | inuuvoq |
| Old orthography: | inûvoĸ |
| Sources: | [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {inuk}N + N{-u}V |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | Vowel stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'Actor is alive' or 'Actor is living'.
It is a straightforward combination of {inuk}N + N{-u}V, so the literal meaning is 'Actor is a human'.
Hence, this stem is also only (or at least primarily only) used about human Actors.
Meanings and examples
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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.