Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-iqniaq}N |
| New orthography: | -erniaq, -arniaq, -verniaq |
| Old orthography: | -erniaĸ |
| Sources: | [19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | N{-iq}V + V{niaq}N |
| Variants: | N{-iqniaq}V |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative, /aq/ deleting |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is just a nominal variant of N{-iqniaq}V, meaning 'one who sells N'. Hence, it is semantically equivalent to the combination N{-iqniaq}V{ðuq}N, i.e. -erniartoq.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, N{-iq}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Or 'someone who will sell N'.
- neqaarniaq, butcher
Literally 'one who sells meat'. From {nəqə}N, 'meat'.