Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{niaq}V |
| New orthography: | +niarpoq, +niarit!, +niarluni, +niartoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | ni(C)aʀ- |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | aq-dropping |
Description
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-preserving |
| Diathesis: | Unaltered (same as the stem) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
Actor tries to Vb |
Examples | |
Actor intends to Vb |
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| softens an imperative command | The command is still a bit impatient but it is politer than the umodified imperative. | |
while Actor Vb'ed |
with contemporative or participial mood |