Details

General


Morphemic form: {amiq}N
New orthography: ameq, ammit
Old orthography: ameĸ, ámit
Sources: [10, 14, 5, 13, 16]
Combinations: Click here
Right sandhi:
Assibilation (t⇒s),
Inflection sandhi:
Geminating,
Stem type(s):
Weak q-stem,

Description and behaviour


Right sandhi:

The true /i/ can cause assibilation of a following /t/. For example, Oqaatsit N{tuq}V }} gives the example amersorpoq, 'he eats (fish) skin' for the affix N{tuq}V.


Inflection


Declension pattern:

Stem type: Weak q-stem
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Geminating
Gemination type: m⇒mm

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography ammi ami
ameq
ammip
ammit
Old orthography ámi ami
ameĸ
ámip
ámit
Phonemic orthography ammi ami
amiq
ammip
ammit


Meanings and examples


of human or animal