Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {nərəðakcaq}N |
| New orthography: | nerisassat |
| Old orthography: | nerissagssat |
| Sources: | [19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {nərə}V + V{-ðaq}N + N{kcaq}N |
| Right sandhi: | /aq/ drop |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This combination denotes 'food', especially in the sense of 'food that has not yet been eaten' (literally: 'future eaten thing' or 'thing to be eaten'). In contrast, food that has already been eaten, may be referred to without the morpheme N{kcaq}N. It is usually only used in plural.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{kcaq}N. See this for details.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | nerisassa | nerisassa | nerisassaq, nerisassap, nerisassat, |
| Phonemic orthography | nərəcakca | nərəcakca | nərəcakcaq, nərəcakcap, nərəcakcat, |
Meanings and examples
Only used in plural, e.g. nerisassat.