Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {atuvagaq}N |
| New orthography: | atuagaq, atuakkat |
| Old orthography: | atuagaĸ, atuagkat |
| Sources: | [19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {atuvaq}V + V{-ðaq}N |
| Right sandhi: | /aq/ drop |
| Inflection sandhi: | Geminating |
| Stem type(s): | Weak q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is the regularly formed, passive participle of {atuvaq}V, 'read'. It is lexicalised with the meaning 'book'. Note that in older texts, this might have been used in plural, even when referring to a single book, but nowadays it is used in singular.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-ðaq}N. See this for details.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Weak q-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Geminating |
| Gemination type: | g⇒kk |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | atuakka | atuaga | atuagaq, atuakkap, atuakkat, |
| Phonemic orthography | atuvagga | atuvaga | atuvagaq, atuvaggap, atuvaggat, |
Meanings and examples
Literally: 'something read'.