Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{saaq}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | +saarpaa, +saarivoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | car- |
| Variants: |
V{saq}V
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| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
This affix is a variant of V{saq}V with seemingly the same meaning, although it may have stronger connotations of 'try to', perhaps implying a more deliberate attempt.
It increases the valency of the stem by adding a new Agent to the relation: see the entry for the variant V{saq}V for details, since the present affix works similarly.
Note however that V{saaq}V seems to be more commonly used with intransitive form, without an intervening HTR-morpheme, than V{saq}V.
In such cases, the meaning changes to 'Actor tries to Vb', which may be construed as a reflexive construction (Actor tries to cause/make himself be Vb'ing).
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-increasing |
| Diathesis: | Reflexive/reciprocal (BP) |
| HTR-morpheme: | {ði} |
| HTR-stem: | V{saari}V |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
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Agent tries to cause/make Patient Vb |
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Examples |