Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{kcit}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -ssippaa, -ssiivoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | kðit- |
| Constituents: |
N{kcaq}N + {?}
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| Morpheme type: | Verbaliser |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
According to Fortescue et al. (2010), this affix is formed through a combination of {kðaʀ}, i.e. the nominal future affix N{kcaq}N, and a morpheme {lit-}, which however does not have a descendant in Greenlandic.
It is presumably related to {liʀ-}, i.e. N{-liq}V, but the source of the /t/ is unexplained.
Note that Schultz-Lorentzen (1958) in contrast claims it is a variant of V{-ut(ə)}V, but this cannot be the case as evidenced by the HTR-form, which reveals that there is no stem-final (ə).
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Divalent (valency 2) |
| Diathesis: | Reflexive/reciprocal (BP) |
| HTR-morpheme: | {ði} |
| HTR-stem: | N{kcii}V |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
|
Agent gives N to Patient |
As a gift. |
Examples |