Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {akunnəq}N |
| New orthography: | akunneq, akornganni |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | akunnəq |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form:
This stem is often used as a spatial/directional stem with possessive endings (with possessor in plural), to indicate the space or area between possessors.
Noun stem
| Stem type: | Strong q-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Irregular |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
akunneq |
akunnerup |
akunnerit |
akunnermut |
akornga |
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| Phonemic notation |
akunnəq |
akunnərup |
akunnərit |
akunnəqmut |
akuqna |
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Notes on declension:
This stem declines as a strong q-stem with weakening in the unmarked cases, but with metathesis in the possessive form (with vowel-initial endings).
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
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| area or space (between something) |
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Examples |