Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{kkaaq}N |
| New orthography: | -kkaaq |
| Old orthography: | '-kâĸ |
| Sources: | [9, 12, 11, 14] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Left sandhi: | Default,
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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:
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
[11]
From kigut, 'tooth'.
- siggukkaaq, one with a big beak
[11]
From sigguk, 'beak'.