Details
General
Morphemic form: | N{-liut(ə)}V |
New orthography: | -liuppaa, -siuppaa, -liussivoq, -siussivoq |
Old orthography: | -liúpâ, -iúpâ |
Combinations: | Click here |
Constituents: | N{-li}V, V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V, |
See also: | N{-lijarə}V, |
Left sandhi: | Truncative,
Replacive,
/VC/ deleting,
|
Right sandhi: | t(ə) sandhi,
|
Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
|
Stem type: | t(ə)-stem |
Diathesis: | Reflexive |
Valency change: | None |
Valency: | Divalent,
|
HTR morpheme: | ði,
|
HTR stem: | -liucci, |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is a straightforward combination of N{-li}V and V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V, albeit with a somewhat unobvious meaning: 'Agent
makes N from Patient
' or 'Agent
uses Patient
as N'.
Note also the related combination N{-liarə}V with an apparently similar meaning.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, N{-li}V. See this for details.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Or 'Agent
makes Patient
into an N'
- matuliuppaa, he makes a door from it
[4]
- puuliuppaa, he makes a bag from it
[4]
- saviliuppaa, he uses it as a knife
[8]
- aquusiuppaa, He uses it to steer
[8]
From aquut, 'steering tool' (rudder), so literally 'he uses it as a steering tool'. Note: here we see the affix causing replacivity of /təl/ ⇒ /s/.
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.