Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-ucaaq}N |
| New orthography: | -usaaq, -asaaq, -jusaaq |
| Old orthography: | -ussâĸ |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Variants: | V{-ucaaq}V, N{-ucaaq}V, V{-ucaq}V, N{-ucaq}N, |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
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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 is one of a group of affixes, which are all related either by origin or meaning:
- V{-ucaq}V, 'is semi-verbing',
- N{-ucaq}N, 'something resembling N',
- N{-ucaaq}N, 'something resembling N',
- N{-ucaaq}V, 'act like N',
- V{-ucaaq}V, 'keep on Vb'ing'.
According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, they derive from two different morphemes, which however presumably are related:
- {ŋ(ŋ)uðaʀ(-)}, which is the source of N{-ucaq}N and N{-ucaaq}N,
- {ŋuðaʀaʀ-}, which is the source of V{-ucaq}V, N{-ucaaq}V, and V{-ucaaq}V.
Inflection
Declension pattern
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -usaa | -usaa |
-usaaq
-usaap
-usaat
|
| Phonemic orthography | -ucaa | -ucaa |
-ucaaq
-ucaap
-ucaat
|
Meanings and examples
Or 'looks like', 'imitates' etc.
- illuusaaq, something that looks like a house
[8]
- nerriviusaaq, something resembling a table
[8]
- seqiniusaaq, something resembling the sun
[8]
References
- [6] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.