Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{ttiaqcuaq}N (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -tsiarsuaq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | |
| Constituents: |
N{ttiaq}N + N{(q)cuaq}N
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| Variants: |
N{ttiaŋŋuaq}N
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| Morpheme type: | Nominal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | aq-dropping |
Description
Declension information
| Stem type: | Regular q-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Irregular |
Notes on declension:
The final morpheme is N{(q)cuaq}N, so it declines like this, i.e. with loss of /aq/ before all vowel-initial endings, but otherwise as a regular q-stem. See the entry for N{(q)cuaq}N for further details.
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
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| good N |
Fortescue et al. (2010) note 'of something desired, but not got', but it is not clear whether this holds for all examples in the DAKA. |
Examples |