Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-giiaaq}N |
| New orthography: | -giiaat |
| Old orthography: | -gîât |
| Sources: | [12, 14] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Constituents: | N{-giik}N, ?, |
| Variants: | N{-giiaaq}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
Fusional,
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| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix seems to denote 'a group of N', according to the examples in Oqaatsit [14]. The meaning of this affix is inherently plural, so it requires a plural ending. It appears to be composed similar to the verbal variant ??.
Inflection
Declension pattern
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -giiaa | -giiaa |
-giiaat
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| Phonemic orthography | -giiaa | -giiaa |
-giiaat
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Meanings and examples
Only with endings in plural.
- assigiiaat, all alike
[14]
- illugiiat, pairwise
[14]
From a base {iŋluk}N, denoting 'the other of a pair'.
- kinguleriiaat, (grouped in) a row following each other
[14]
From kinguleq, 'the one behind', 'the one following'.
- sanileriiaat, (grouped in) a row next to each other
[14]
From sanileq, 'the one to the side'.