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General

Morphemic form: {iccək}N, {iccə}N
New orthography: issik, issingit, issi
Old orthography: íssik, íssingit, ísse
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Strong stem, Weakening, up-declined
Stem type: k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'cold' or 'frost'. It can also be used to indicate freezing temperatures, i.e. temperatures below zero degrees. There is also the verbal variant {iccək}V.

The stem has two forms, which seemingly may be used more or less interchangeably. However, according to Kleinschmidt [SK71], the second form, {iccə}N, is the most common, except when possessive endings are added.


Right sandhi:

Regardless of whether the the form {iccək}N or {iccə}N is used, the final /ə/ likely does not alternate with [a] in productive usage. However, in old, lexicalised constructions, it has changed to [a] in some cases.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: k-stem
Inflection sandhi: Strong stem, Weakening, up-declined
Sources: [JP67], [CWSL51]

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography issik issing issik, issingup, issingit
Old orthography íssik íssing íssik, íssingup, íssingit
Phonemic orthography iccək iccəŋ iccək, iccəŋup, iccəŋit

Notes on inflection:

According to Schultz-Lorentzen's grammar [CWSL51], the k-stem form inflects as an up-declined strong k-stem with weakening of /k/. According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], this inflection is preferred especially with (vowel-initial) possessive endings, i.e. issinga.


Meanings and examples

Tags: Weather

  • marlunnik issilik, two degrees below zero [CWSL58]

    Literally: 'something (here: the weather) equipped with cold that is two'.

  • issi aataanik piisatsissutigaa, there are few saddlebacks (type of seal) because of the cold [CWSL58]

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