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.
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.