Details

General

Morphemic form: {qanəq}N
New orthography: qaneq, qarngit
Old orthography: ĸaneĸ, qarngit
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Strong stem, Metathesis, up-declined, Cəq⇒qC or qŋ
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'mouth'. According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], it may also be used metaphorically in the sense of 'swearing', i.e. 'he has a bad mouth'.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: q-stem
Inflection sandhi: Strong stem, Metathesis, up-declined, Cəq⇒qC or qŋ
Sources: [JP67], [SK71], [CWSL58]

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography qaneq qarng qaneq, qarngup, qarngit, qarngi
Old orthography ĸaneĸ ĸarng ĸaneĸ, ĸarngup, ĸarngit, ĸarnge
Phonemic orthography qanəq qaqn qanəq, qaqnup, qaqnit, qaqni

Notes on inflection:

The stem declines as a strong q-stem with up-declension and metathesis. Note also the special, archaic absolutive 4sg/sg form with N{'-i}, which also may trigger metathesis, i.e. orngi. However, according to Ordbogeeraq [JP67], it may alternative also just delete the final /q/, in which case the stem-internal /ə/ does not change, but just retains the sound [i].


Meanings and examples

Tags: Anatomy and body

  • qanersua ippigeqaara, I find his bad mouth highly unpleasant [SK71]

    I.e., he is swearing badly.

  • qaneqaqaaq, he speaks badly; swears [CWSL58]

    Literally: 'he has a lot of mouth'.


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