Details
General
Morphemic form: | N{-kicaaq}V |
New orthography: | -kisaarpoq |
Old orthography: | -kissârpoĸ |
Combinations: | Click here |
Constituents: | N{-kit}V, ?, |
Left sandhi: | Truncative,
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Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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Stem type: | q-stem |
Diathesis: | Subjective |
Valency change: | None |
Valency: | Monovalent,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix seems to be a combination of N{-kit}V, 'Actor
has a small/few N' and some unknown morpheme denoting 'rather'.
The meaning is 'Actor
has rather little/small N'.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, N{-kit}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
References
- [2] Michael Fortescue (1983): A comparative manual of affixes for the Inuit dialects of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.