Details
General
Morphemic form: | V{nəru}V |
New orthography: | +neruvoq |
Constituents: | V{nəq}N + N{-u}V |
Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
Left sandhi: | ə-eliding (additive) |
Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form:
Verbal comparative/superlative. This is just a combination of V{nəq}N{-u}V, and this combination always (but non-standardly) has the speciality that /q/ is not deleted, but instead weakened to /r/.
Left sandhi:See V{nəq}N for left sandhi
Verb stem
Right sandhi: | Regular |
Valency: | Valency-preserving |
Diathesis: | Subjective (intransitive) |
Meaning(s)
Meaning | Notes | |
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Actor is more/most Vb'ing |
In the comparative sense 'more Vb'ing', an optional noun phrase in the ablative case can also be added, to specify the thing the subject is more Vb'ing than. | Examples |