Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-ŋaatciaq}N |
| New orthography: | -ngaatsiaq |
| Old orthography: | -ngâtsiaĸ |
| Sources: | [18] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | N{-ŋaaq}N + N{tciaq}N |
| Variants: | V{-ŋaatciaq}V |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix denotes 'a quite big N'.
It is a straightforward combination of the nominal variants of affixes N{-ŋaaq}N and N{tciaq}N.
Both of these also have verbal variants, V{-ŋaaq}V and V{tciaq}V, and there is therefore also a verbal variant of this combination, V{-ŋaatciaq}V, with the corresponding verbal meaning, 'Subject Vb quite a lot'.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{tciaq}N. See this for details.
Meanings and examples