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Morphemic form: {icci}N
New orthography: issi
Proto-eskimoic root: itðə
Variants: {iccək}N
Morpheme type: Noun base
Right sandhi: None

Description


Form:

This stem is the modern-day variant of {iccək}N. It derives from {itðə}, so the final vowel is originally /ə/, but it does not alternate with [a], as a ə-stem normally does, so I record the morphemic form with a stem-final /i/.


Noun stem


Stem type: Vowel-stem
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Regular
ABS.sg ERG.sg ERG.pl ALL.sg ABS.3sg/sg Special forms
New orthography issi issip issit issimut issia
Phonemic notation icci iccip iccit iccimut iccia

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