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 | |
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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 |