Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{nnaq}N |
| New orthography: | -nnaq |
| Old orthography: | -ngnaĸ, -naĸ |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10], [MF83] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Variants: | N{nnaaq}N |
| Left sandhi: | Default |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this affix is 'preferred N' or 'favourite N' or similar. Given its meaning, the affix will often be used with a possessive ending, or with the verbal possessive affix N{-gə}V.
Note that the affix even may be used verbally in some old, lexicalised combinations. However, we do not record a verbal variant of the affix, since this usage is not productive.
Inflection
Inflection pattern:
| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Inflection sandhi: | Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined |
Notes on inflection:
The stem presumably inflects as an ordinary weak q-stem with p-declension, although we cannot be sure, since none of the dictionaries list it. However, as this is entirely regular, we do not record a full inflection paradigm here.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).
- [MF83] Michael Fortescue (1983): A comparative manual of affixes for the Inuit dialects of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.