Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-(g)innaq}N (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -innaq, -annaq, -ginnaq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | ŋinnaʀ(-) |
| Variants: | V{-(g)innaq}V |
| Morpheme type: | Nominal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Special (see description) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
This affix also has a verbal variant, V{-(g)innaq}V. It may also even be seen attached onto endings, like an enclitic, in cases where the noun is lexicalised with a certain ending.
Left sandhi:The affix is truncative, but it will inject an epenthetic /g/ where phonotactics require epenthesis, rather than the regular /v/. In older language and lexicalised constructions, it may appear as N{sinnaq}N on q-stems.
Declension information
| Stem type: | Regular q-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Regular |
| ABS.sg | ERG.sg | ERG.pl | ALL.sg | ABS.3sg/sg | Special forms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -innaq | -innaap | -innaat | -innarmut | -innaa | |
| Phonemic notation | -innaq | -innaup | -innait | -innaqmut | -innaa |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| just (an) N | Or 'a mere N' or 'merely an N' etc. | Examples |