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General

Morphemic form: {natəaqnaq}N
New orthography: nataarnaq, nataarnat
Old orthography: natârnaĸ, natârnat
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {natəq}N + N{-aq}N + N{(q)naq}N
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 'atlantic halibut' (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides). According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], it is an old (PE) construction, formed from the historical ancestors of {natəq}N + N{-aq}N + N{(q)naq}N, with /ə/ having become [a] according to the ə-rule. Thus, the literal meaning is 'something resembling floor/bottom-like'. This probably refers to the shape of the fish (flat), and/or that it lives in the deep.


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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