Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{ŋŋuq}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -nngorpoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | ŋ(ŋ)uʀ- |
| Morpheme type: | Verbaliser |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
According to Fortescue et al. (2010), this affix is historically formed through combination of {ŋu} (root of the affix N{-u}V, 'to be') and a morpheme {ʀ}, indicating the result after a change of state ('has become'). The latter morpheme caused gemination in the preceding stem, thus leading to the form {ŋ(ŋ)uʀ}.
The affix is normally monovalent, but it seems there are examples where it is used in a divalent sense ('Agent makes Patient be N'), although this does not seem regular.
To regularly obtain this meaning, the combination N{ŋŋuqtət}V would be used instead.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Monovalent (valency 1) |
| Diathesis: | Subjective (intransitive) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
Actor has become N |
Examples | |
| it is N o'clock | With numerals representing the hours. | Examples |
Agent makes Patient be N |
Note: this usage is not regular. | Examples |