Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{niaq}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | +niarpoq, +niarit!, +niarluni, +niartoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | ni(C)aʀ- |
| Variants: | V{niaq}N |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | aq-dropping |
Description
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-preserving |
| Diathesis: | Unaltered (same as the stem) |
| HTR-morpheme: | {ði} |
| HTR-stem: | V{niai}V |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
Actor tries/strives to Vb |
This can also be 'hunt for' in combination with stems meaning 'to hunt'; especially those derived from words for animals with N{'(t)}V. | Examples |
Actor intends to Vb |
Examples | |
| polite command | When used with the imperative mood, similar to English `please'. | Examples |
while Actor Vb'ed |
with contemporative or participial mood |