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Morphemic form: {uuk}V
New orthography: uuppaa
Old orthography: ûgpâ
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97, as ooqattaarpaa and uuttorpaa.]
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Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], the meaning of this stem is 'Agent tries (out) Patient', or maybe 'tests' or 'measures'. It seems to be in the sense of 'trying out' e.g. some item (to see if it is usable), or some new type of food (to see if it is edible) or similar.

Kleinschmidt also remarks that the stem is rarely used, because of the possible confusion with a different stem, ũpâ, 'he heats/cooks it' (i.e. a t-stem). This suggests that there was not much of a pronunciation difference (if, indeed, any at all), between k-stems and t-stems, even at the time of Kleinschmidt. Instead, the stem is most commonly used with an affix, either V{-qattaaq}V or V{tuq}V, both denoting 'repeated action', which seems to indicate that the testing/measuring action consists of many smaller steps. Indeed, in the newer dictionary Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97], this stem does not even appear on its own, but only in derived form with these two affixes, i.e. ooqattaarpaa and uuttorpaa.

Note also that no HTR-form is given in any of the dictionaries. However, the HTR-forms of the two forms derived with the aforementioned affixes are regularly formed, i.e. ooqattaarivoq and uuttuivoq.

Finally, according to a contemporary native speaker, ooqattaar- is uncommon in the sense of 'try out/attempt' an action. Instead, the affix V{niaqcarə}V is preferred.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: k-stem
Inflection sandhi: Default/none


Meanings and examples

In the 'measure' sense, it can also denote 'weighs'.

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