Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {əvəgaq}N |
| New orthography: | ivigaq, ivikkat |
| Old orthography: | ivigaĸ, ivigkat |
| Sources: | [10, 14, 13, 16] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Constituents: | {əvək}N, N{-aq}N, |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
|
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating,
|
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'a blade of grass', and in plural 'grass'. It is derived from {əvək}N + N{-aq}N, where the second component apparently has not removed the final /k/, likely because of the preceding /ə/, and instead the /k/ has been weakened to /g/.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | g⇒kk |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | ivikka | iviga |
ivigaq
ivikkap
ivikkat
|
| Phonemic orthography | əvəgga | əvəga |
əvəgaq
əvəggap
əvəggat
|
Meanings and examples
And in plural, ivikkat, 'grass'.