Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-kigə}V |
| New orthography: | -kigaa, -kiginnippoq |
| Old orthography: | -kigâ, -kigingnigpoĸ |
| Sources: | [17, 16, 11] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | N{-kit}V + V{-gə}V |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | ə-contraction |
| Stem type: | ə-stem |
| Diathesis: | Reflexive (BP) |
| Valency: | Agent increasing, Divalent |
| HTR-morphemes: | V{nnək}V |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix is a straightforward combination of N{-kit}V (have small) and V{-gə}V (consider).
Hence, the meaning is 'Agent considers Patient to have (too) few/little N'.
Note also the antonym N{tugə}V.
Meanings and examples
- akikigaara, I find it (to be) cheap
[16]
From aki, 'price', literally 'to have a small price'.
- nerukigaa, he thinks it is too narrow
[16]
From {nəru}N, 'width' (spatial noun stem). The nominal base is not recorded in any dictionary, but compare nerutuvoq, 'it is spacious, wide'.