Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {qatək}N |
| New orthography: | qatik |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | qatəɣ |
| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Noun stem
| Stem type: | Strong k-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Metathesis |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
qatik |
qakkup |
qakkit |
qatimmut |
qakka |
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| New orthography |
qatik |
qarrup |
qarrit |
qatimmut |
qarra |
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| Phonemic notation |
qatək |
qatkup |
qatkit |
qatəkmut |
qatka |
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Notes on declension:
According to Schultz-Lorentzen (1951), this stem declines with metathesis. Furthermore, besides the regular metathesis pattern, where we get /tk/ (strangely spelt qagkup, qagkit etc. in the old orthography), there is also another form, where the metathesised consonant cluster becomes [χχ] instead (i.e. qarrup, qarrit) instead, completely irregularly. It is not clear which (if any) of these forms may be preferred today.
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
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| breast bone (of a bird) |
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