Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{ðaq}V |
| New orthography: | +sarpoq, +tarpoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | ðaʀ- |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form:
If this affix takes the form -sar- (as it regularly does on a vowel stem), and if it is followed by passive participle V{-ðaq}N, then it is is duplicated, such that we get the form -sartagaq.
Negating this affix with V{ŋŋit}V will just mean that the verbal action is not habitual, but the subject might still Vb. To express that the subject never Vb, use the 'pseudo'-affix V{nəq ajuq}V instead.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-preserving |
| Diathesis: | Unaltered (same as the stem) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| recurring/habitual Vb | This affix is used whenever an action is recurring/habitual, as opposed to occurring only once. It is often used to express a trait of the subject, such as e.g. 'a smoker' (one who habitually smokes), or 'a coffee-drinker' (one who habitually drinks coffee). It is also always used on the main clause, whenever you have a subordinate clause in the iterative mood (i.e., whenever you wish to express 'whenever'). | Examples |