Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-it}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -ippoq, -appoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | ŋit- |
| Variants: | V{-it}V |
| Morpheme type: | Verbaliser |
| Left sandhi: | Sandhi-truncative |
| Right sandhi: | tc-exception, Assibilation |
Description
Form and usage:
This affix is a variant of V{-it}V, meaning 'is N-less'. Like the variant, it is a true t-stem which, in combination with intransitive participial mood marker {ðu}, and intransitive participle V{ðuq}N, will yield 'ts' from the combination /tð/. This feature is then inherited by every stem derived with this affix.
It is also related to the negation affix V{ŋŋit}V, which, according to Fortescue et al. (2010), is {nʀit}, formed through a (non-standard) combination of {nəʀ} and {ŋit-}.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Avalent (valency 0) |
| Diathesis: | Subjective (intransitive) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| there is/are no N | Or 'it is N-less', 'it is without N'. Depending on N it may also be used in a monovalent sense, i.e. with an actual subject. | Examples |