Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {piŋŋuaq}N |
| New orthography: | pinnguaq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | piŋŋuðaʀ- |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form:
According to the CED, this stem is a combination of {pi(-)} and {ŋŋuðar(-)}, corresponding to modern day {pi}N{ŋŋuaq}N, where the intervocalic /ð/ has been dropped. It is a straightforward combination, but for unclear reasons, this stem does not decline as modern day N{ŋŋuaq}N, so I record it here as a separate stem.
Noun stem
| Stem type: | Weak q-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 |
pinnguaq |
pinngussap |
pinngussat |
pinngussamut |
pinnguaa |
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| Phonemic notation |
piŋŋuaq |
piŋŋuccap |
piŋŋuccat |
piŋŋuccamut |
piŋŋuaa |
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Notes on declension:
This stem is usually declined with gemination of the (otherwise invisible) /ð/, which becomes /cc/. According to SL58, this stem may alternatively decline like N{ŋŋuaq}N, but in practice I have not seen examples of this. It is possible, that the declensions with gemination is used to distinguish this stem with the more specific meaning 'toy', from the regular combination {pi}N{ŋŋuaq}N with the more general meaning 'something small'.
Meaning(s)