Details

General

Morphemic form: {quŋijaq}N
New orthography: qungiaq, qungissat
Old orthography: ĸungiaĸ, ĸungíssat
Sources:
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Geminating
Stem type(s): Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

Kleinschmidt [SK71] and Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL58] record this stem as denoting 'crack' or 'fracture' in some material, e.g. wood, walrus tooth, bone etc. They view the stem as derived from {qupə}V, 'to split', but they do not explain how. The stem is not recorded in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], so whether this hypothesis is correct is unknown.

Newer dictionaries, such as Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97], do not record this stem (and Kleinschmidt notes it as 'provincial'), so it is presumably not used productively nowadays.


Inflection

Declension pattern:

Stem type: Weak q-stem
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Geminating
Gemination type: j⇒cc

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography qungissa qungia qungiaq, qungissap, qungissat,
Old orthography ĸungíssa ĸungia ĸungiaĸ, ĸungíssap, ĸungíssat,
Phonemic orthography quŋijja quŋija quŋijaq, quŋijjap, quŋijjat,


Meanings and examples

In wood, bone, etc.


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