Details

General


Morphemic form: {iəgaq}N
New orthography: iigaq, iikkat
Old orthography: îgaĸ, îgkat
Sources: [10, 14, 13, 16]
Combinations: Click here
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Geminating,
Stem type: Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour


Form and usage:

According to Kleinschmidt [10], the meaning of this stem is 'wall', or 'wall covering'. Nowadays, it is especially used of the interior walls in a house.


Inflection


Declension pattern:

Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Geminating
Gemination type: g⇒kk

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography iikka iiga
iigaq
iikkap
iikkat
Phonemic orthography iəgga iəga
iəgaq
iəggap
iəggat


Meanings and examples


  • illup iigai, the walls of the house [10]

    Either the turf covering the outer walls in an old-fashioned turf house, or the interior walls in a house.