Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-ŋajak}N |
| New orthography: | -ngajak |
| Old orthography: | -ngajak |
| Sources: | [16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Variants: | V{-ŋajak}V, N{-ŋajak}N |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | Regular k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is a nominal variant of V{-ŋajak}V. It is mentioned in Schultz-Lorentzen (1958), but is probably seldom used nowadays. It seems to be semantically equivalent to the combination V{-ŋajak}V{ðuq}N, i.e. the meaning is 'something that is almost Vb'.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
| Declension type: | up-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -ngajak | -ngaja | -ngajak, -ngajaap, ngajaat, |
| Phonemic orthography | -ŋajak | -ŋaja | -ŋajak, -ŋajaup, -ŋajait, |
Meanings and examples
- qaqungajak, almost white
[16]
From qaqorpoq, 'it is white'.
- nutaangajak, almost new
[16]
From nutaavoq (or nutaajuvoq), 'it is new'.