Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{(q)vak}N (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | +paat, -rpaat |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | vaɣ(-) |
| Variants: |
N{(q)vaaq}N
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| Morpheme type: | Nominal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Declension information
| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Regular |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
+(r)pak |
+(r)paap |
+(r)paat |
+(r)pammut |
+(r)paa |
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| Phonemic notation |
(q)vak |
(q)vaup |
(q)vait |
(q)vakmut |
(q)vaa |
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Notes on declension:
Given its meaning, this stem is seldom used with singular endings.
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
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| crowd of N |
Or 'flock' or 'many' etc. |
Examples |
| huge N |
When used in singular. Note: this usage may be uncommon today, where the affix seems to be used only in plural in the sense of 'crowd', but the singular usage is mentioned in Schultz-Lorentzen (1958). |
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