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Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], the meaning of this stem is 'go up', but it is only used in two specific senses:

• Of sea-dwelling animals (fish, seals etc.) that move upwards, towards the surface, or move from a lake and up into a stream etc.
• Of clouds gathering on the horizon (building up to a storm). This might be a calque of a Danish expression: det trækker op (til uvejr), literally 'it pulls up'.

In his addition to Kleinschmidt's dictionary, Rasmussen [CR93] adds a third meaning, which also appears in Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL58]:

• 'Agent tucks/pulls up his clothes'.

This usage is transitive, and the Object seems to indicate the clothes. This usage is not mentioned in Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97], so it may not be productive nowadays.

Inflection

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Meanings and examples

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Tags

• Semantic categorisation / Verbal bases / Moving
• Semantic categorisation / Verbal bases / Weather
• Semantic categorisation / Uncategorised
• Semantic categorisation / Non-productive meaning

References

• [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).
• [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
• [CR93] Christian Rasmussen (1893): Supplement til 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.