Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-minəatciaq}N
New orthography: -minaatsiaq
Old orthography: -minâtsiaĸ
Sources: [12, 11, 14]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: N{-minəq}N, N{-atciaq}N,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Geminating,
Stem type: Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a straightforward combination of N{-minəq}N, 'a piece of N' and N{-atciaq}N, 'a fair-sized N', yielding the meaning 'a fair-sized piece of N'. However, in contrast to the combination by the modern-day rules, the /ə/ within the stem has been affected by the vowel, after /q/ was removed, such that the form becomes -minaatsiaq. Thus, we record this combination as a separate affix.


Inflection sandhi:

Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{-atciaq}N. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

  • mattaminaatsiaq, a fair-sized piece of mattak [11]
  • nanoraminaatsiaq, a fair-sized piece of bear-cub meat [11]