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General

Morphemic form: N{-ŋaatciaq}N
New orthography: -ngaatsiaq
Old orthography: -ngâtsiaĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: N{-ŋaaq}N, N{tciaq}N,
Variants: V{-ŋaatciaq}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Geminating,
Stem type: Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix denotes 'a quite big N'. It is a straightforward combination of the nominal variants of affixes N{-ŋaaq}N and N{tciaq}N. Both of these also have verbal variants, V{-ŋaaq}V and V{tciaq}V, and there is therefore also a verbal variant of this combination, V{-ŋaatciaq}V, with the corresponding verbal meaning, 'Subject Vb quite a lot'.


Inflection sandhi:

Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{tciaq}N. See this for details.


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