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{{comment|So what is the morphological function of this?  I think you probably need to come up with a tag to distinguish e.g. 'nege' from 'nega'; it's not very useful if they both have the same analysis <code>nege{{tag|n}}</code>. -JNW}}
 
Ø ending changes noun stem into common form used for naming
 
Ø ending changes noun stem into common form used for naming
 
*e# → a
 
*e# → a

Revision as of 00:57, 16 February 2022

Morphophonemics

Stem Termination Patterns

I don't understand what these are exactly. Also, you seem to be saying that an analysis like 'nuna<n>' maps to an English form like '-land', which probably needs to expressed differently. -JNW

  • Stem ending in a single prime vowel (any other than e)
    • nuna<n> ↔ -land
    • pana<n> ↔ -spear
    • siku<n> ↔ -ice
    • qiya<v> ↔ -to cry
    • ifla<v> ↔ -to lose or be lost
  • Stems ending in two prime vowels
    • puu<n> ↔ -handle
    • kii<n> ↔ -wound
    • avii<v> ↔ -for one's ears to ring
    • aghnau<v> ↔ -to be a woman
  • Stems ending with e not preceded by t
    • nege<n> ↔ -food
    • tume<n> ↔ -footprint
    • neghe<v> ↔ -to eat
    • kuuve<v> ↔ -to spill
  • Stems ending in te
    • yughaghte<n> ↔ -preacher
    • riigte<n> ↔ -den
    • ingaghte<v> ↔ -to lie down
  • Stems ending in weak gh
    • qayagh<n> ↔ -kayak
    • aghnagh<n> ↔ -woman
    • qikmigh<n> ↔ -dog
    • No verbs
  • Stems ending in strong fricative
    • savig<n> ↔ -knife
    • kiiw<n> ↔ -river
    • ategh<n> ↔ -bone
    • All verbs ending with fricatives are strong fricatives
    • gavagh<v> ↔ -to sleep
    • mayugh<v> ↔ -to climb

Adding Ø ending to nouns

So what is the morphological function of this? I think you probably need to come up with a tag to distinguish e.g. 'nege' from 'nega'; it's not very useful if they both have the same analysis nege<n>. -JNW

Ø ending changes noun stem into common form used for naming

  • e# → a
    • nege<n> ↔ nega -food
    • riigte<n> ↔ riigta -den
    • sigute<n> ↔ siguta -ear
  • gh# → q
    • qayagh<n> ↔ qayaq -kayak
  • g# → k
    • ungag<n> ↔ ungak -whisker
  • w# → kw
    • kiiw<n> ↔ kiikw -river
  • ghw# → qw
    • qiighw<n> ↔ qiiqw -grey hair
  • Prime vowel at end of stem remains the same