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General

Morphemic form: {kəgvaq}N
New orthography: kiffaq, kiffat
Old orthography: kivfaĸ, kivfat
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'servant', in any sense of the word. It can be used of both males and females, and it may be used of a wide range of serving functions. A house maid may be referred to as kiffaq, but also e.g. umiarsuup kiffai, 'sailors' or 'deckhands' or similar, literally 'servants of the ship'.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: q-stem
Inflection sandhi: Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined
Sources: [JP67]

Notes on inflection:

The stem inflects as an ordinary weak q-stem with p-declension. As this is entirely regular, we do not record a full inflection paradigm here.


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