Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-t}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -ppaa, -tsivoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | t- |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Sandhi-truncative |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
This morpheme is no longer productive. It is an old morpheme, found in many divalent t-stems, where there exists a corresponding monovalent stem without the final /t/ (usually a vowel stem). Nowadays V{tət}V would be used (productively) to obtain the same meaning. It might even be the case that V{tət}V is derived from V{-t}V, as is also suggested by Fortescue et al. (2010).
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Divalent (valency 2) |
| Diathesis: | Reflexive/reciprocal (BP) |
| HTR-morpheme: | {ði} |
| HTR-stem: | V{-tci}V |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
|
Agent causes Patient to Vb |
Nowadays V{tət}V would be used (productively) in this sense. |
Examples |