Details

General

Morphemic form: N{kkataaŋŋuaq}N
New orthography: -kkataannguaq
Old orthography: '-katãnguaĸ
Sources:
[11]
[10]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: N{kkataaq}N, N{ŋŋuaq}N,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
/aq/ drop,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

Schultz-Lorentzen [10] defines the meaning of this affix as 'a middle-sized N; a small N'. It is unclear from the description whether 'middle-sized' and 'small' are two different meanings of this affix, or whether 'middle-sized' is meant as a synonym for 'small'. He also mentions another meaning, 'neat' (or 'pretty'), but without giving any examples. I suspect, this meaning still refers to the size of the noun (i.e., a 'nice/good size'), rather than referring to its appearance/looks.


Right sandhi:

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


Inflection sandhi:

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


Meanings and examples

  • angutikkataannguaq, a middle-sized man
    [10]

  • inukkataannguaq, a small person; a neat little person
    [10]