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General


Morphemic form: {nasaq}N
New orthography: nasaq, natsat
Old orthography: nasaĸ, natsat
Sources: [13, 17, 8, 16, 19]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Geminating
Stem type(s): Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour


Form and usage:

According to Kleinschmidt [13], this stem denotes 'the hood on a (man's) fur coat'. A derived meaning from this is the modern meaning 'hat', 'cap' and similar types of headgear.


Inflection


Declension pattern:

Stem type: Weak q-stem
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Geminating
Gemination type: s⇒tc

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography natsa nasa nasaq, natsap, natsat,
Old orthography natsa nasa nasaĸ, natsap, natsat,
Phonemic orthography natca nasa nasaq, natcap, natcat,


Meanings and examples