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General

Morphemic form: {umiaq}N
New orthography: umiaq, umiat
Old orthography: umiaĸ, umiat
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 'boat', in particular the type of skin boat known as 'women's boat' (as opposed to the kayak used by men, cf. {qajaq}N). Characteristically, it can hold multiple people (and also be used to transport items), and multiple oars are used. Nowadays it may be used for any row boat. The plural form, umiat, may be used to denote a single manned boat, i.e. including passengers (similar to other vehicles/vessels), whereas the singular form would denote only the boat itself.


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

And in plural: 'boat with passengers'.


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