Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{saq}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | +sarpaa, +saavoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | caʀ- |
| Variants: | V{saaq}V |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
The meaning of this affix is 'Agent (tries to) make Patient Vb'.
Thus, the affix increases the valency of the stem by adding a new Agent role to the relation:
- On monovalent stems, the
Actorof the stem is mapped to thePatientrole of the affix, i.e. 'AgentmakesActor=Patientbe Vb'ing'. - On divalent stems, the
Agentrole of the stem (Agent1) is shadowed, and thePatientrole of the stem (Patient1) is mapped to thePatientrole of the affix, i.e. 'Agent2makes (someone=Agent1) VbPatient1=Patient2'. The underlyingAgentcan then be referenced explicitly in the Allative case.
If used with intransitive endings without an intervening HTR-morpheme, the meaning seems to be reflexive, 'Agent (tries to) make himself be Vb'ing', which seems to be translated as just 'try to'.
However, intransitive usage seems to be more common with the variant V{saaq}V, which may have stronger connotations of 'try' than the present affix.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-increasing |
| Diathesis: | Reflexive/reciprocal (BP) |
| HTR-morpheme: | {ði} |
| HTR-stem: | V{sai}V |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
Agent causes/makes Patient to be Vb'ing |
See also the variant V{saaq}V with a similar meaning, perhaps with a connotation of try to cause. | Examples |