Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{ðuu}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | +tuuvoq, +suuvoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | |
| Constituents: | V{ðuq}N + N{-u}V |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
Straightforward combination of intransitive participle V{ðuq}N and copula N{-u}V. This combination is only used with adjectival stems (which are all monovalent), hence there is no HTR-form.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-preserving |
| Diathesis: | Unaltered (same as the stem) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
Actor is (characteristically) Vb'ing |
The adjectival stems normally only describe a state of being relative to some specified context: For example, {aŋə}V means 'Actor is big', but this may be understood as relative to other entities being described. Piitaq angivoq means 'Piitaq is big', but it may only be relative to certain other people. This affix changes the meaning to a more general, unchanging characteristic of the entity, so e.g. Piitaq angisuuvoq means 'Piitaq is big' in a general (non-context dependent) sense. |