Details
General
Morphemic form: | N{-giik}V |
New orthography: | -giipput, -riipput |
Old orthography: | -gîgput, -rîgput |
Combinations: | Click here |
Variants: | N{-giik}N, |
Left sandhi: | Fusional,
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Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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Stem type: | k-stem |
Diathesis: | Subjective |
Valency change: | None |
Valency: | Monovalent,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this affix is 'Actor
s are mutually N' or perhaps 'Actor
s have each other as N'.
N{-giik}V also has a nominal variant, N{-giik}N, see it for further examples and descriptions.
Meanings and examples
Or perhaps 'Actor
s have each other as N'.
- ikinngutigiippugut, we are friends
From {əkəŋŋutə}N, 'friend'.
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.