Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-tuaq}N (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -tuaq, -suaq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | tuaq |
| Morpheme type: | Nominal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Sandhi-truncative |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
The forms with initial /s/ are caused by assibilation by a preceding /i/ (the t-to-s rule). There may be a relation to V{-tuaq}V, although the proto-eskimoic reconstructed form indicates that they are two different morphemes.
Declension information
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Regular |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
-tuaq |
-tuap |
-tuat |
-tuamut |
-tuaa |
|
| Phonemic notation |
-tuaq |
-tuap |
-tuat |
-tuamut |
-tuaa |
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Meaning(s)