Details

General

Morphemic form: N{tcialak}N
New orthography: -tsialak
Old orthography: -tsialak
Combinations: Click here
See also: N{tciaq}N,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Regular k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is 'a nice N', or 'good N' or similar. The first part of this morpheme is N{ttiaq}N, but the source of the second part is unknown. The Comparative Eskimo Dictionary does not mention it. Hence, we do not record this morpheme as a combination.


Inflection

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

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography -tsialak -tsiala
-tsialak
-tsialaap
-tsialaat
Phonemic orthography tcialak tciala
tcialak
tcialaup
tcialait


Meanings and examples

Or 'good', 'pretty' etc.

  • pitsialak, a pretty thing
    [4]

    From the dummy stem {pi}N, giving the meaning of the affix itself.

  • niviarsiatsialak, a pretty girl
    [4]

    From niviarsiaq, 'girl'.

  • silatsialak, good weather
    [4]

  • atuarfitsialak, the good school

    This is the name of a policy for the school system in Greenland


References