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General


Morphemic form: {pinəq}N
New orthography: pineq
Proto-eskimoic root: piɣinəʀ
Morpheme type: Noun base
Right sandhi: None

Description


Form:

This stem declines with metathesis, according to Schultz-Lorentzen (1951). It does not exist in the DAKA, which however mentions pinerpai, 'puts straw in them' (i.e., the boots), which seems to be a verbal form of this stem.


Noun stem


Stem type: Strong q-stem
Declension type: up-declined
Declension sandhi: Metathesis
ABS.sg ERG.sg ERG.pl ALL.sg ABS.3sg/sg Special forms
New orthography pineq perngup perngit pinermut pernga
Phonemic notation pinəq piqnup piqnit pinəqmut piqna

Meaning(s)


Meaning Notes
straw for boots