Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {ənatcitə}N |
| New orthography: | inatsit |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | əna- |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation |
Description
Form:
According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, this stem derives from {əna-}, 'play', but it is unclear how the modern day meaning is derived from this. It is related to modern-day {ənat}V, 'order, command', but whence this final /t/ comes is not explained; possibly the transitiviser {t-}, as in {əkət}V The HTR-stem of this word is inatsivoq, with HTR-morpheme {ði}, and the final /tə/ is then likely a variant of V{-utə}N, 'tool/means for Vb'ing', which seemingly appears without initial /u/ in a number of cases when following {ði}. See also {niggitə}N, {aullaitə}N and {əkətcitə}N.
The stem regularly assibilates the final /t/ to /s/ before both affixes and endings, due to the preceeding true /i/.
Noun stem
| Stem type: | tə-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Regular |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
inatsit |
inatsisip |
inatsisit |
inatsisimut |
inatsisaa |
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| Phonemic notation |
ənatcitə |
ənatcitəp |
ənatcitət |
ənatcitəmut |
ənatcitəa |
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Meaning(s)