Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {nərə}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | nerivaa, nerivoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | nəʀə- |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
This is technically a schwa stem, but it does not have schwa-contraction. It behaves as a normal vowel stem. There may be a relation to {nəqə}N, 'meat', as suggested in Schultz-Lorentzen (1958).
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Divalent (valency 2) |
| Diathesis: | Agentive (NPP) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
|
Agent eats Patient |
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Actor eats |
When used intransitively |
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