Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-livik}N |
| New orthography: | -livik, -sivik |
| Old orthography: | -livik, -ivik |
| Sources: | [19, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | N{-liq}V + V{'-vik}N |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative, Replacive, /VC/ deleting |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s) |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | Regular k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix is a lexicalised combination of N{-liq}V, 'equip with N' and V{'-vik}N, 'place where', resulting in the meaning 'container for N'. Note that V{'-vik}N in this case has not caused gemination in N{-liq}V.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, N{-liq}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Or 'place to keep/store N'
- kaagilivik, cookie jar
[19]
- meqqusivik, container for needles
[16]
From {miqqutə}N, 'needle', with replacivity causing /təl/ ⇒ /s/.
- aningaasivik, safe
I.e., for storing money, from {aniŋaucaq}N, 'coin'. Here we see the affix having removed the final /VC/ from the stem.
- qaannivik, kayak scaffold
From {qajaq}N, 'kayak'. The affix has removed the final /VC/ from the stem, which has triggered compensatory gemination. See the entry for qajaq for details on this highly irregular gemination pattern.