Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {əsuq}V |
| New orthography: | isorpoq |
| Old orthography: | isorpoĸ |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'Actor is unclear' or 'murky', 'opaque', 'obscure', 'turbid' etc.
It is only used about waters or the weather, e.g. water that is mixed with mud or sediments washed out from the glacier.
It may possibly also be used (metaphorically) about someone's speech.
Inflection
Inflection pattern:
| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
Meanings and examples
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Tags
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.