Details

General

Morphemic form: {aumaq}N
New orthography: aamaq, aammat
Old orthography: aumaĸ, áumat
Sources: [Uwn], [Uwn], [Uwn], [Uwn], [Uwn]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Geminating
Stem type(s): Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The basic meaning of this stems is 'glow; ember' and, from this, 'glowing coal', and, according to Kleinschmidt [SK71], also 'coal' in general (whether burning or not).

In older dictionaries [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], it is recorded as a vowel stem, auma, but in the newer dictionary Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97], it is only listed as a q-stem, aamaq. Therefore, we here only record it as a q-stem.


Inflection sandhi:

According to Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL51], this stem may optionally also decline without gemination.


Inflection

Declension pattern:

Stem type: Weak q-stem
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Geminating
Gemination type: m⇒mm

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography aamma aama aamaq, aammap, aammat,
Old orthography áuma auma aumaĸ, áumap, áumat,
Phonemic orthography aumma auma aumaq, aummap, aummat,


Meanings and examples

This meaning is only mentioned in older dictionaries [SK71], [CWSL58].


References