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 |