Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{kkataaŋŋuaq}N |
| New orthography: | -kkataannguaq |
| Old orthography: | '-katãnguaĸ |
| Sources: | [17, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | N{kkataaq}N + N{ŋŋuaq}N |
| Left sandhi: | Default |
| Right sandhi: | /aq/ drop |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
Schultz-Lorentzen [16] 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
[16]
- inukkataannguaq, a small person; a neat little person
[16]