Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-ŋaaq}N
New orthography: -ngaaq
Old orthography: -ngâĸ
Combinations: Click here
Variants: V{-ŋaaq}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a nominal variant of V{-ŋaaq}V. It is mentioned in Schultz-Lorentzen (1958). However, it does not seem to be used productively.


Inflection sandhi:

There are not many examples of the usage of this affix, so we do not provide a declension paradigm. However, it is presumably just ordinarily p-declined as a weak q-stem.


Meanings and examples

Or 'large' or 'very'.

  • asasingaara, the one who loves me greatly
    [4]

    From asasi, active participle of {asa}V, 'love', and Absolutive 1sg/sg ending N{-ga}.

  • maannagaaq, in good time
    [4]

    From maanna, 'now'. This is actually a declined, demonstrative stem, but it is lexicalised in the sense of 'now', and it is therefore here treated as a noun stem.


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