Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {tunə}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | tunivaa, tunisivoq, tunivoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | tunə- |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal base |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
This stem is trivalent.
The meaning is 'Agent gives (an Object) to Patient.
Here Agent and Patient are marked in the verbal ending, whereas Object (the given thing) is not marked in the ending.
Instead, it can optionally be indicated by a noun in the Instrumental case (-mik, -nik).
Thus, in this construction, focus is on the giver and the recipient, thus giving them a definite meaning, whereas the given thing is defocused, thus giving it an indefinite meaning (an Object).
See also {tunniut(ə)}V for a construction with the opposite focus.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Trivalent (valency 3) |
| Diathesis: | Reflexive/reciprocal (BP) |
| HTR-morpheme: | {ði} |
| HTR-stem: | {tunəci}V |
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Divalent (valency 2) |
| Diathesis: | Reflexive/reciprocal (BP) |
| HTR-morpheme: | {ði} |
| HTR-stem: | {tunəci}V |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
|
Agent gives (an Object) to Patient |
Agent and Patient are marked in the ending. Object is optional and is indicated in the Instrumental case. |
Examples |
Agent sells Patient |
Usually in combination with V{niaq}V. |
|
Agent rubs off |
This can perhaps be construed as 'Agent gives off itself'. |
Examples |