Details

General

Morphemic form: N{kkaaq}N
New orthography: -kkaaq
Old orthography: '-kâĸ
Combinations: Click here
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is 'one with a big N'. Hence, it is seemingly semantically equivalent to the combination N{(q)cuaq}N{-lək}N, which I think is more common than the present affix. It may not be used much productively nowadays.

The affix is not mentioned in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary. The source of this affix is thus unknown, and I therefore just follow the old orthography spelling in defining its morphemic form.


Inflection

Declension pattern
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Default/none

Notes on declension:

The affix does not appear to be used much nowadays, and in particular, all of the examples in the various dictionaries are only in the absolutive unpossessed singular. Thus, I assume that it is a p-declined weak q-stem, since this is the most common, but in the absence of further examples, this is uncertain.


Meanings and examples

Seemingly semantically equivalent to the combination N{(q)cuaq}N{-lək}N.

  • kigutikkaaq, one with big teeth
    [4]

    From kigut, 'tooth'.

  • siggukkaaq, one with a big beak
    [4]

    From sigguk, 'beak'.


References