Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-qatə}N |
| New orthography: | -qat |
| Old orthography: | -ĸat |
| Sources: | [19, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Variants: | N{-qatə}N |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | tə-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix denotes 'a fellow Vb'er', or 'fellow in Vb'ing', 'co-Vb'er', 'one with whom you Vb', and similar. It also has a variant that attaches to nominal bases, N{-qatə}N, with the same meaning: 'a fellow N'. They are often combined with affixes N{-gə}V and N{-giik}V to express 'Vb'ing together with'.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | tə-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -qati | -qata | -qat, -qatip, -qatit, |
| Phonemic orthography | -qatə | -qatə | -qatə, -qatəp, -qatət, |
Meanings and examples
or fellow in Vb'ing, co-Vb'er, one with whom you Vb, etc.
- suleqat, colleague/co-worker
From {suli}V, 'to work', so literally 'one with whom (you) work'.
- angeqataa, someone who is as big as him
[16]
I.e., 'his equal' (in size), from angivoq, 'he is big', so literally 'his fellow in being big'.