Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {nuviq}N |
| New orthography: | nuffit |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | nuɣiʀ |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form:
This stem is only used with plural endings. The plural form, nuffit contains a geminated consonant, which I have here recorded as /v/. However, according to the CED, this consonant is historically /g/, so this is irregular, although this /g/ is never visible anywhere today. However, it could be seen in the old orthography, where this word was spelt nugfit.
Noun stem
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Gemination |
| Gemination type: | /v/ => /ff/ |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
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nuffit |
nuffimut |
nuia |
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| Phonemic notation |
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nuvvit |
nuvvimut |
nuvia |
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Notes on declension:
As this stem is only used with plural endings, the declension does not contain any singular forms. Note also that his bird dart must be expressed with a plural ending, even though the meaning is singular; thus e.g. nuii, with ABS.3sg/pl N{-i}, rather than the usual ABS.3sg/sg N{-a}.
Meaning(s)