Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{(q)gusuk}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -rusuppoq, -kkusuppoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | yuɣ- |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
This affix has the form -rusuk- on both vowel stems and q-stems, but -kusuk- on consonant stems. To encode this behaviour, we give this affix the form V{(q)gusuk}V, with an epenthetic (q). By the standard sandhi rules, (q) will be injected on vowel stems, and /qg/ will then merge to /r/ as usual. Thus, the behaviour of this affix can be described as regular with this form.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-preserving |
| Diathesis: | Unaltered (same as the stem) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| want to Vb | Similar in meaning to V{yuma}V, perhaps signifying a little more desire ('desires to Vb') than V{yuma}V. Other meanings could be 'has an urge/desire to Vb' or 'would like to' etc. | Examples |