Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {suugaq}N |
| New orthography: | suugaq, suukkat |
| Old orthography: | sûgaĸ, sûgkat |
| 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:
This stem denotes the iron tip of a bird dart (or more generally today perhaps: arrow head). According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [21], it derives from the morpheme {cavəɣ}, which may or may not be related to {caviɣ}, which denotes 'knife'. In any case, it is unclear how the present stem is derived from this historical base.
According to Kleinschmidt and the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [13, 21], this is alternatively called saa(n)guaq in the Upernavik dialect.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | g⇒kk |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | suukka | suuga | suugaq, suukkap, suukkat, |
| Phonemic orthography | suugga | suuga | suugaq, suuggap, suuggat, |
Meanings and examples