Details

General


Morphemic form: V{ðuucaaq}V (Combinations)
New orthography: +tuusaarpoq, +suusaarpoq, -tsuusaarpoq
Proto-eskimoic root:
Constituents: V{ðuq}N + N{-ucaaq}V
Morpheme type: Verbal modifier
Left sandhi: Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative)
Right sandhi: None

Description


Form and usage:

A combination of intransitive participle V{ðuq}N and N{-usaaq}V, 'pretend to be N'. Thus, on t-stems, the combination /tð/ may yield 'ts'.


Verb stem


Right sandhi: Regular
Valency: Valency-preserving
Diathesis: Unaltered (same as the stem)

Meaning(s)


Meaning Notes
Actor pretends to Vb Examples