Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {inuak}N |
| New orthography: | inuak, inuaq, inugaq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | iŋuɣ, inuɣaʀ |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form:
This stem is formed from {iŋuɣ} and a non-productive morpheme {aʀ}, 'resembling N'. The gemination consonant is seemingly originally /ɣ/, but it now geminates to [ʃʃ], rather than [kk]. In the old orthography, it could also be spelt as inuvaĸ or inugaĸ and geminate to inuvkat.
Noun stem
| Stem type: | Weak k-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Gemination |
| Gemination type: | /ua/ => /ucca/ (gemination of unwritten consonant) |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
inuak |
inussap |
inussat |
inussamut |
inuaa |
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| Phonemic notation |
inuak |
inuccap |
inuccat |
inuccamut |
inuaa |
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Meaning(s)