Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-minəatciaq}N |
| New orthography: | -minaatsiaq |
| Old orthography: | -minâtsiaĸ |
| Sources: |
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| Combinations: | Click here |
| Constituents: | N{-minəq}N, N{-atciaq}N, |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
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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 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
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- nanoraminaatsiaq, a fair-sized piece of bear-cub meat
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