Details

General

Morphemic form: N{(q)vak}N
New orthography: +pak, -rpaq, +paat, -rpaat
Old orthography: -pak
Combinations: Click here
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Regular k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

Inflection

Declension pattern
Declension type: up-declined
Declension sandhi: Default/none

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography +(r)pak +(r)pa
+(r)pak
+(r)paap
+(r)paat
Phonemic orthography (q)vak (q)va
(q)vak
(q)vaup
(q)vait

Notes on declension:

Given its meaning, this stem is seldom used with singular endings.


Meanings and examples

When used in singular. Note: this usage may be uncommon today, where the affix seems to be used only in plural in the sense of 'crowd', but the singular usage is mentioned in Schultz-Lorentzen (1958), although he does not give an example.

Or 'flock' or 'many' etc. This is the most common usage, and given this meaning it is always used with plural endings.

  • anguterpaat, a crowd of men
    [4]

    From {aŋutə}N, 'man'. The ending is absolutive plural N{-it}.

  • tuttorpaat, a flock of caribou
    [8]

    From tuttu, 'caribou'. This is a vowel stem, so the epenthetic /q/ is injected.


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