Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {saaktu(j)aq}N |
| New orthography: | saattuaq, saattussat |
| Old orthography: | sâgtuaĸ, sâgtússat |
| Sources: | [] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating, Injection |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This stem denotes 'crab'. A synonym is agssagiaĸ, assagiaq.
The stem is not recorded in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [22], so the origin is unknown. According to Schultz-Lorentzen [17], it derives from the spatial noun stem {sak}N, 'front'. However, the rest of the stem is unexplained, so whether this is true or not is uncertain. We base the morphemic form here on the old-orthography form sâgtuaĸ, assuming the assimilated consonant in fact is a /k/.
Inflection sandhi:
According to Schultz-Lorentzen [8], this stem has gemination of an unwritten consonant between /ua/. In the form recorded here, we indicate this unwritten consonant as (j).
Note however that Ordbogeeraq [18] does not list this stem as geminating, so presumably it may also be used with regular p-declension. Here, we only record the declension with gemination, since the other declension is regular.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | j⇒cc |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | saattussa | saattua | saattuaq, saattussap, saattussat, |
| Old orthography | sâgtússa | sâgtua | sâgtuaĸ, sâgtússap, sâgtússat, |
| Phonemic orthography | saaktujja | saaktua | saaktuaq, saaktujjap, saaktujjat, |
Notes on declension:
This is the inflection with gemination.
Meanings and examples
A synonym is agssagiaĸ, assagiaq.