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General

Morphemic form: {anə}N, {anək}N
New orthography: ani, anik
Old orthography: ane, anik
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none, p-declined
Stem type: ə-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'older brother (to a female)'. Thus, if someone refers to a male as aniga, 'my older brother', it implies that the speaker is a woman. For 'older sibling of the same gender' (i.e. 'older sister to a female' or 'older brother to a male') see {aŋaju}N.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: ə-stem
Inflection sandhi: Default/none, p-declined
Sources: [JP67], [SK71], [CWSL58]

Notes on inflection:

The stem inflects as an ordinary vowel stem with p-declension. As this is entirely regular, we do not record a full inflection paradigm here. The secondary form, {anək}N, is likely not inflected, but only used as an exclamatory form.

However, there is one detail: According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], the form with the absolutive 3sg/sg possessive ending N{-a} is anaa. This is indeed the expected form for a ə-stem. However, this form is unfortunate, since anaa also means 'his excrement', cf. {anaq}N. To avoid this ambiguity, it is possible that speakers will prefer ania, i.e. without /ə/ alternating according to the ə-rule. This form is also mentioned in [CWSL58].


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