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General

Morphemic form: N{-suk}N
New orthography: +suk
Old orthography: -suk, -ssuk
Sources: [MFSJLK10]
Combinations: View list
Ancestor(s): +{cug}N (PE)
Left sandhi: Truncative
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined
Stem type: k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a non-productive morpheme found in some lexicalised words. According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], it derives from a morpheme +{cug}N, denoting 'big' or 'bad'.


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 -suk -su -suk, -suup, -suit
Phonemic orthography -suk -su -suk, -suup, -suit

Notes on inflection:

The affix does not appear in any of the dictionaries, but we assume stem declines as an up-declined regular k-stem.


Meanings and examples

Possibly also 'bad N'. As the affix is not mentioned in any of the traditional dictionaries, there are no examples.


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