Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-ŋajak}N
New orthography: -ngajak
Old orthography: -ngajak
Combinations: Click here
Variants: V{-ŋajak}N, V{-ŋajak}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Regular k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a nominal variant of V{-ŋajak}V, which affixes to noun stems. The meaning is 'almost an N'. It is mentioned in Schultz-Lorentzen (1958), but is probably seldom used nowadays.


Inflection

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

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography -ngajak -ngaja
-ngajak
-ngajaap
ngajaat
Phonemic orthography -ŋajak -ŋaja
-ŋajak
-ŋajaup
-ŋajait


Meanings and examples

  • untritilingajak, almost 100
    [4]

    Or 'approximately' (of a quantity).

  • pillingajak, jester
    [4]

    Or 'naughty/half-mad person', from pilli (old orthography pivdle), 'someone who is mad/crazy'.


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