MOFO - Details

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General

Morphemic form:	{ulik}V
New orthography:	ulippaa, ulippoq, ulissivoq
Old orthography:	uligpâ, uligpoĸ, uligsivoĸ
Sources:	[MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations:	View list
Variants:	{ulək}N
Right sandhi:	Assibilation (t⇒s)
Inflection sandhi:	Default/none
Stem type:	k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], the meaning of this stem is: 'Agent covers Patient', i.e. with something such as a blanket, a tarpaulin or similar. He further notes that if the stem is used intransitively without a HTR-morpheme, the meaning may either become reflexive, 'Agent=Patient covers himself', or it may become passive: 'Patient is covered'.

Etymology and form

According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], this stem is historically the same as {ulək}N. However, the vowel in the stem is historically /i/, and not /ə/, but the nominal variant declines with weakening of the stem-final /k/, which is usually indicative of a /ə/ in the stem, so we record it as thus here.

Note also that Kleinschmidt [SK71] and Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL58] seem to think that the present stem is related to another word, ulípoĸ, 'it is high tide', and ulípâ, 'he turns it inside out'. However, according to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, these stems are from {ulət-} and {ulə(-)} instead. It is possible that there may have been some confusion between these stems, and that that explains why the nominal form inflects with weakening.

Right sandhi:

The true /i/ in the stem may cause assibilation of a following /t/. This can be seen in lexicalised combinations with t-initial affixes, e.g. {ulik}V + V{tuq}V + V{IND.3sg/3sg} ⇒ ulissorpaa.

Notable forms:

HTR: {ulik}V + V{ði}V ⇒ /uliksi/

All the dictionaries [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97] list the HTR-form. We can see in the old orthography, that the HTR-form actually is with /s/, i.e. uligsivoĸ. It may be, that this is derived with assibilation, i.e.
- {ulik}V + V{ði}V ⇒ /ulikði/ ⇒ /ulikti/ ⇒ /uliksi/
which would explain why the form has /s/, rather than the usual /c/.

Inflection

Inflection pattern:

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

Meanings and examples

With e.g. a blanket, a tarpaulin or similar.

Tags: Uncategorised

kiinni ulippaa, he covered his (own) face [SK71]
nuiap ulippaa, a cloud covered it [SK71]

E.g. the sun.

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References

[MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).
[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.