Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {uŋatə}N |
| New orthography: | ungat, ungataa |
| Old orthography: | ungat, ungatâ |
| Sources: | [13, 19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {uŋa}N + N{-tə}N |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | tə-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This stem has two meanings according to Oqaatsit [19]:
- In its unpossessed form, it denotes 'a partitioning/separating wall', e.g. in a house.
- With possessive endings, it can be used as a spatial noun to denote 'area beyond
Possessor' where thePossessoris some kind of separating entity; e.g. the area on the other side of a river.
W.r.t. the spatial meaning, Kleinschmidt [13] elaborates:
Something on the other side of Possessor is indicated with the present stem, but the other side itself is indicated with {iŋluk}N.
Meanings and examples
E.g. on a house or a tent.
- ungammut ingillutit, sit down beside the wall
[13]
Note that /ə/ is elided before the m-initial endings.
When used as a spatial noun.
- kuup ungataa, the land on the other side of the river
[13]
- ameralik kingittorsuup ungataaniippoq, The Ameralik-fjord is on the other side of Mt. Kingittorsuaq
[13]
With verbalisation of the locative case cf. *{ət}V.