Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-qatə}N |
| New orthography: | -qat |
| Old orthography: | -ĸat |
| Sources: | [19, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Variants: | V{-qatə}N |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | tə-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix denotes 'a fellow N'. It also has a variant that attaches to verbal bases, V{-qatə}N, with the same meaning: 'a fellow Vb'er'. They are often combined with affixes N{-gə}V and N{-giik}V to express 'Vb'ing together with'.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | tə-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -qati | -qata | -qat, -qatip, -qatit, |
| Phonemic orthography | -qatə | -qatə | -qatə, -qatəp, -qatət, |
Meanings and examples
- anguteqat, a fellow man
[19]
Assuming the speaker himself is a man.
- ineqat, flat mate
[19]
From {inə}N, 'room'.
- inoqat, fellow human being
[19]