Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {auvcək}N |
| New orthography: | aassik |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | auẑvik |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Noun stem
| Stem type: | Strong k-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Weakening |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
aassik |
aassingup |
aassingit |
aassimmut |
aassinga |
|
| Phonemic notation |
auvcək |
auvcəŋup |
auvcəŋit |
auvcəkmut |
auvcəŋa |
|
Notes on declension:
This stem declines with nasalation of /k/, according to Schultz-Lorentzen (1951), even though the final vowel is /i/ and not /ə/ according to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (old orthography âgssik with spurious (?) g). It may decline as an ordinary k-stem today.
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
|
| caterpillar |
|
|