Details
General
Morphemic form: | N{-iqniaq}N |
New orthography: | -erniaq |
Old orthography: | -erniaĸ |
Combinations: | Click here |
Constituents: | N{-iq}V, V{niaq}N, |
Variants: | N{-iqniaq}V, |
Left sandhi: | Truncative,
/aq/ deleting,
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Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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Inflection sandhi: | Geminating,
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Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is just a nominal variant of N{-iqniaq}V, meaning 'one who sells N'. Hence, it is semantically equivalent to the combination N{-iqniaq}V{ðuq}N, i.e. -erniartoq.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, N{-iq}V. See this for details.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{niaq}N. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{niaq}N. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Or 'someone who will sell N'.
- neqaarniaq, butcher
Literally 'one who sells meat'. From {nəqə}N, 'meat'.
References
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.