Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{ttiaŋŋuaq}N (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -tsiannguaq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | |
| Constituents: |
N{ttiaq}N + N{ŋŋuaq}N
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| Variants: |
N{ttiaqcuaq}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: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Irregular |
Notes on declension:
The final morpheme is N{ŋŋuaq}N, so it declines like this; i.e. with loss of /aq/ before all vowel-initial endings, but otherwise as a weak q-stem. See the entry for N{ŋŋuaq}N for further details.
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
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| good N |
Schultz-Lorentzen (1958) describes it as 'a not entirely bad N', however from the examples in DAKA the meaning seems to be synonymous with the variant N{ttiaqcuaq}N. |
Examples |