Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{nəru}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | +neruvoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | |
| Constituents: | V{nəq}N + N{-u}V |
| Variants: | V{nərujukcuu}V |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | ə-eliding (additive) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
Verbal comparative/superlative. This is just a combination of V{nəq}N{-u}V, and this combination always (but non-standardly) has the speciality that /q/ is not deleted, but instead weakened to /r/.
Left sandhi:See V{nəq}N for left sandhi
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-preserving |
| Diathesis: | Subjective (intransitive) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
Actor is more/most Vb'ing |
In the comparative sense 'more Vb'ing', an optional noun phrase in the ablative case can also be added, to specify the thing the subject is more Vb'ing than. | Examples |