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General

Morphemic form: {əvək}N
New orthography: ivik, iffit
Old orthography: ivik, igfit
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CWSL51], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Strong stem, Limited metathesis, ip-declined, Cək⇒kC
Stem type: k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The original meaning of this stem is 'a blade of grass'. However, this meaning seems to mostly have been taken over by the derived stem {əvəgaq}N instead. A derived meaning is a type of hard ship biscuits, which instead seems to be the more common denotation by this stem nowadays.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: k-stem
Inflection sandhi: Strong stem, Limited metathesis, ip-declined, Cək⇒kC
Sources: [JP67], [CWSL51]

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography ivik iffi ivik, iffip, iffit
Old orthography ivik igf ivik, igfip, igfit
Phonemic orthography əvək əkv əvək, əkvip, əkvit

Notes on inflection:

The stem inflects with metathesis, but also with ip-declension according to [CWSL51]. It is not clear from his description, whether this is only in the un-possessed ergative and plural, or whether it also includes the possessive, vowel-initial endings.


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