Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{nəqaq}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | +neqarpoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | |
| Constituents: | V{nəq}N + N{-qaq}V |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | ə-eliding (additive) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
This affix is formed by a combination of abstract participle V{nəq}N and N{-qaq}V. This combined affix is used to create a dynamic passive construction: It only makes sense on divalent stems, and it reduce the valency to yield a monovalent stem.
Left sandhi:The first component in this combined affix is V{nəq}N, which optionally may elide /ə/ on certain stems. This is, however, not regular, and it will rarely, if ever, occur in active production with this combination today.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-reducing |
| Diathesis: | Patientive (NAP) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
Patient is/gets Vb'ed |
This affix expresses dynamic passive, which contrasts with the static passive expressed with the affix V{-ðau}V. This difference is very clear in Greenlandic, and also in a language like Danish, but unfortunately not in English. See the AITWG, chapter 9, for a detailed description of the difference between these two kinds of passive constructions. | Examples |