Details

General

Morphemic form: N{(q)vak}N
New orthography: +pak, -rpaq, +paat, -rpaat
Old orthography: -pak
Sources: [CBBJRPIKJR97], [CWSL58]
Combinations: View list
See also: N{-ijak}N
Left sandhi: Default
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined
Stem type: k-stem

Description and behaviour

Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: k-stem
Inflection sandhi: Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography +(r)pak +(r)pa +(r)pak, +(r)paap, +(r)paat
Phonemic orthography (q)vak (q)va (q)vak, (q)vaup, (q)vait

Notes on inflection:

Given its meaning, this stem is seldom used with singular endings.


Meanings and examples

When used in singular. Note: this usage may be uncommon today, where the affix seems to be used only in plural in the sense of 'crowd', but the singular usage is mentioned in Schultz-Lorentzen (1958), although he does not give an example.

Tags:

Or 'flock' or 'many' etc. This is the most common usage, and given this meaning it is always used with plural endings.

Tags:

  • anguterpaat, a crowd of men [CWSL58]

    From {aŋutə}N, 'man'. The ending is absolutive plural N{-it}.

  • tuttorpaat, a flock of caribou [CBBJRPIKJR97]

    From tuttu, 'caribou'. This is a vowel stem, so the epenthetic /q/ is injected.


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