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General

Morphemic form: {suugaq}N
New orthography: suugaq, suukkat
Old orthography: sûgaĸ, sûgkat
Sources: [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL51], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Geminating
Stem type(s): Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem denotes the iron tip of a bird dart (or more generally today perhaps: arrow head). According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], it derives from the morpheme {cavəɣ}, which may or may not be related to {caviɣ}, which denotes 'knife'. In any case, it is unclear how the present stem is derived from this historical base.

According to Kleinschmidt and the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [SK71], [MFSJLK10], this is alternatively called saa(n)guaq in the Upernavik dialect.


Inflection

Declension pattern:

Stem type: Weak q-stem
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Geminating
Gemination type: g⇒kk

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography suukka suuga suugaq, suukkap, suukkat
Phonemic orthography suugga suuga suugaq, suuggap, suuggat


Meanings and examples


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