Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{ttialak}N (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -tsialak |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | |
| Constituents: | N{ttiaq}N + {?} |
| Morpheme type: | Nominal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
The first part of this morpheme is N{ttiaq}N, but the source of the second part is unknown. Fortescue et al. (2010) do not mention it.
Declension information
| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Regular |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -tsialak | -tsialaap | -tsialaat | -tsialammut | -tsialaa | |
| Phonemic notation | ttialak | ttialaup | ttialait | ttialakmut | ttialaa |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| nice N | Or 'good', 'pretty' etc. | Examples |