Details

General


Morphemic form: {tuŋə}N
New orthography: tungaani, tungaanut
Proto-eskimoic root: tuŋə-
Morpheme type: Noun base
Right sandhi: None

Description


Form:

Spatial/directional stem, only used with possessive endings, and usually only in the prepositional cases.


Noun stem


Stem type: ə-stem (vowel stem)
Declension type: Undefined
Declension sandhi: Regular
ABS.sg ERG.sg ERG.pl ALL.sg ABS.3sg/sg Special forms
New orthography tungimut tungaa
Phonemic notation tuŋəmut tuŋəa

Meaning(s)


Meaning Notes
in/to/from the direction of posessor. Direction can also be in a non-literal sense Examples