Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {əvsəq}N |
| New orthography: | isseq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | əvtəʀ |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form:
The reconstructed root of this word is {əvtəʀ}, according to the CED, but it is unclear why /t/ became /s/ here. However, it also seems to have happened in several of the other inuit dialects.
Noun stem
| Stem type: | Strong q-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Weakening |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
isseq |
isserup |
isserit |
issermut |
issera |
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| Phonemic notation |
əvsəq |
əvsərup |
əvsərit |
əvsəqmut |
əvsəra |
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Meaning(s)