Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {kəjinaq}N |
| New orthography: | kiinaq, kiinni |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | kəɣinaʀ |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form:
The new orthography form of this stem is kiinaq, but I have chosen to record it as {kəjinaq}N, since the first /i/ historically is a /ə/, according to the CED, and with a separating consonant /ɣ/, which then must have been weakened to /j/, thus becoming inaudible.
Noun stem
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Gemination |
| Gemination type: | /n/ => /nn/ |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
kiinaq |
kiinnap |
kiinnat |
kiinnamut |
kiinaa |
kiinni (ABS.4sg/sg) |
| Phonemic notation |
kəjinaq |
kəjinnap |
kəjinnat |
kəjinnamut |
kəjinaa |
kiinni (ABS.4sg/sg) |
Notes on declension:
This stem has non-standard gemination of /n/ to /nn/. Note also the special, archaic ABS.4sg/sg form kiinni, also triggering gemination.
Meaning(s)