Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-ŋajak}N |
| New orthography: | -ngajak |
| Old orthography: | -ngajak |
| Sources: | [16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Variants: | V{-ŋajak}V, V{-ŋajak}N |
| See also: | N{-kanniq}N |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | 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:
| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
| 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
[16]
Or 'approximately' (of a quantity).
- pillingajak, jester
[16]
Or 'naughty/half-mad person', from pilli (old orthography pivdle), 'someone who is mad/crazy'.