Details

General

Morphemic form: V{(t)siiaq}N
New orthography: -tsiiaq, +siiaq
Old orthography: -tsîaĸ, -sîaĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{(t)sii}V, V{-ðaq}N,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Irregular,
Right sandhi:
/aq/ drop,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is 'something awaited'. It is formed through combination of V{(t)sii}V and the non-productive, reduced variant of passive participle V{-ðaq}N, i.e. {aq}. Thus, this combination is non-standard and lexicalised.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{(t)sii}V. See this for details.


Right sandhi:

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


Inflection

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

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography -tsiia -tsiia
-tsiiaq
-tsiiap
-tsiiat
Phonemic orthography (t)siia (t)siia
(t)siiaq
(t)siiap
(t)siiat


Meanings and examples

  • naatsiiaq, potato
    [8]

    From naavoq, 'it grows', so literally 'something one waits for to grow'

  • qeritsiiaq, frozen storage
    [8]

    From qerivoq, 'it is frozen', so literally 'something one waits for to be frozen'.

  • tikitsiiaq, someone awaited to arrive
    [8]

  • nillorsiiaq, something that has been set away to cool
    [8]

  • tippassiiaq, something set away to ferment (to give it a strong taste)

    From tippappoq, 'it has begun to smell', literally 'something left to start smelling'. The base is {təkpak}V, so /ks/ assimilate.


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