Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {puuq}N |
| New orthography: | pooq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | pu(ɣ)uq |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Noun stem
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Gemination |
| Gemination type: | /uu/ => /uggu/ (gemination of unwritten consonant) |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
pooq |
puggup |
puggut |
puggumut |
puua |
|
| Phonemic notation |
puuq |
puggup |
puggut |
puggumut |
puua |
|
Notes on declension:
This stem shows has non-standard gemination of an unwritten consonant /g/ to /gg/, which is not strengthened to [kk] as usual, but instead devoiced to [χχ].
Meaning(s)