Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-ðau}V |
| New orthography: | -taavoq, -saavoq, -gaavoq |
| Constituents: | V{-ðaq}N + N{-u}V |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Special (see description) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form:
This affix is formed by a combination of passive participle V{-ðaq}N and copula N{-u}V. This combined affix is used to create a static passive construction: It only makes sense on divalent stems, and it reduce the valency to yield a monovalent stem.
Left sandhi:The first component, V{-ðaq}N, has some very peculiar left-sandhi rules, so see it for examples and explnataions.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-reducing |
| Diathesis: | Subjective (intransitive) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
Patient is/was Vb'ed |
This affix expresses static passive, which contrasts with dynamic passive, expressed with the affix V{nəqaq}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 |