Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {accək}N (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | assik, assinga |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | atə(ði) |
| Variants: |
{acci}N
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| Morpheme type: | Noun base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
From {atəði}, according to Fortescue et al. (2010), seemingly with loss of /ə/. Then /atəði/ ⇒ /atəci/ ⇒ /atci/, and /tc/ is then assimilated to /cc/, which is non-standard (usually, /tc/ becomes 'ts'). Thus, to avoid ambiguity, I record the stem as /accək/ rather than /atcək/.
Declension information
| Stem type: | Strong k-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Weakening |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms |
| New orthography |
assik |
assingup |
assingit |
assimmut |
assinga |
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| Phonemic notation |
accək |
accəŋup |
accəŋit |
accəkmut |
accəŋa |
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Notes on declension:
This stem declines with nasalation of /k/, according to Schultz-Lorentzen (1951), which is peculiar, since the final vowel is /i/, rather than /ə/, according to Fortescue et al. (2010). I have therefore decided to record this stem as /accək/, rather than /accik/. Today, some of the possessive forms have become lexicalised, but otherwise, this stem is regarded as archaic, and one of the variants is preferred.
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
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| image |
also 'portrait' |
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| copy |
or 'something equivalent to it', with possessive endings. |
Examples |
| map |
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Examples |