Definition of Postbase. Meaning of Postbase. Synonyms of Postbase

- In linguistics, a postbase is a special kind of grammatical suffixing morpheme that is suffixed to a base. It is mostly found in Eskimo–Aleut languages...
- more postbases). There are four kinds of postbases: VN: postbases deriving nouns from verbs NV: postbases deriving verbs from nouns NN: postbases constructing...
- 'people from Natchilik') came from natsik 'seal' + postbase -lik 'place with something' + postbase -miut 'inhabitants of'. There are three main dialect...
- formation. There are a great number of derivational suffixes (termed postbases) that are used productively to form these polysynthetic words. Yupʼik...
- (atikłuk = cloth cover for fur parka, commonly called "snowshirt" ) Inupiaq postbases Seiler, Wolf A. 2012. Iñupiatun Eskimo Dictionary. SIL International Partners...
- root are a number of postbases, which are bound morphemes that add to the basic meaning of the root. If the meaning of the postbase is to be expressed alone...
- by the en****ic subject pronoun. There are 570 derivational suffixes (postbases) including many composite ones, but about two thirds are found only in...
- stem can appear as simple (having no postbases) or complex (having one or more postbases). In Iñupiaq a "postbase serves somewhat the same functions that...
- socioterritorial groups (their native names will generally be found ending in -miut postbase which signifies "inhabitants of ..."), like those of north Alaska, were...
- them are so semantically salient and so they are often referred to as postbases, rather than suffixes, particularly in the American tradition of Eskimo...