Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-ŋajak}N |
| New orthography: | -ngajak |
| Old orthography: | -ngajak |
| Sources: | [11] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| 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: | 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
[11]
Or 'approximately' (of a quantity).
- pillingajak, jester
[11]
Or 'naughty/half-mad person', from pilli (old orthography pivdle), 'someone who is mad/crazy'.