Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{si}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | +sivoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | li- |
| Variants: |
V{li}V
|
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
According to Fortescue et al. (2010), this affix is a variant of {li-}, 'become', which may display replacivity on t-stems.
Presumably, the form /si/ has then been generalised from t-stems to form a new, independent morpheme, {si}.
It is not used productively (or only marginally productively) nowadays, but it is found in a number of lexicalised forms and combinations.
Given its meaning, it is only used on stems denoting a state of being (including adjectival stems).
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-preserving |
| Diathesis: | Unaltered (same as the stem) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
|
Actor has become (more) Vb'ing |
Only with stems denoting a state of being |
Examples |