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General

Morphemic form: {əkəq}N
New orthography: ikeq, ikerit
Old orthography: ikeĸ, ikerit
Sources: [MFSJLK10]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Weakening
Stem type(s): Strong q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stems is 'bay; sound; (mouth of) fjord; strait' etc., i.e. a body of water that is normally crossed as part of a travelling route.


Inflection sandhi:

This stem inflects as a strong q-stem with up-declension and weakening of /q/ ⇒ /r/ before vowel-initial endings.


Inflection

Declension pattern:

Stem type: Strong q-stem
Declension type: up-declined
Declension sandhi: Weakening

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography iker iker ikeq, ikerup, ikerit,
Old orthography iker iker ikeĸ, ikerup, ikerit,
Phonemic orthography əkəq əkər əkəq, əkərup, əkərit,


Meanings and examples

I.e., a body of water to be crossed; a place where the water widens out. Kleinschmidt [SK71] also has 'a space to be crossed' in a more general sense.


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