Details

General

Morphemic form: {siŋcaq}N
New orthography: sissaq, sissat
Old orthography: sigssaĸ, sigssat
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 'beach'. Kleinschmidt [SK71] also mentions a second meaning, some kind of sea monster, but this meaning is not mentioned in the newer dictionary Oqaatsit, [CBBJRPIKJR97], so it is likely not used nowadays.


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.


Meanings and examples

Tags: Land

  • usii suli sissamiipput, the cargo is still on the beach [SK71]
  • sissaa ajorpoq, its beach is bad [SK71]

    I.e. not good to land on with a boat.


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