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Morphemic form: {nappaqsimmavik}N
New orthography: napparsimmavik
Old orthography: náparsímavik
Sources: [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {nappaqsima}V + V{'-vik}N
Right sandhi: Assibilation (t⇒s)
Inflection sandhi:
Stem type(s): Regular k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'hospital'. It is a straightforward combination of {nappaqsima}V, 'be ill', and the semi-productive affix V{'-vik}N, 'place where', which causes gemination of /m/ to /mm/ in the stem. Thus, the literal meaning is 'a place where one is ill', likely modelled after the Danish word, sygehus 'house for the ill'.


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