Details

General

Morphemic form: {əməq}N
New orthography: imeq, erngup, erngit
Old orthography: iməĸ, erngup, erngit
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Strong stem, Metathesis, up-declined, Cəq⇒qC or qŋ
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'water', especially 'freshwater' for drinking.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: q-stem
Inflection sandhi: Strong stem, Metathesis, up-declined, Cəq⇒qC or qŋ
Sources: [JP67], [CWSL51]

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography imeq erng imeq, erngup/ermup, erngit/ermit
Old orthography imeq erng imeĸ, erngup/ermup, erngit/ermit
Phonemic orthography əməq əqm əməq, əqmup, əqmit

Notes on inflection:

This is a strong q-stem that inflects with up-declension and metathesis. The stem-final /q/ moves to the other side of /m/, i.e. /məq/ ⇒ /qm/, which may be realised as 'rm' or 'rng'.


Meanings and examples

Also, by extension, 'place of getting water'.

Tags: Waters


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