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General

Morphemic form: N{-siksi}V
New orthography: -sissivoq
Old orthography: -sigsivoĸ
Sources: [9, 11]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: N{-sik}V, V{si}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Irregular,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Vowel stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency:
Monovalent,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a non-productive affix found in some lexicalised words. The meaning is 'Actor has moved farther into the direction N'.

It is a straightforward combination of N{-sik}V, 'has moved in the direction N' and V{si}V, 'has become more'. Thus, it is generally used with spatial nouns, where the first component is used, except ungasippoq, according to Kleinschmidt [9]. On that stem, the variant V{li}V is used instead in this sense; i.e. ungasillivoq.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, N{-sik}V. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

Only with spatial nouns N.

  • qatsissivoq, he has come higher up [11]

    From {qatə}N. Also qutsissivoq from {qutə}N. In both cases with elision of /ə/.

  • atsissivoq, he has come farther down [11]

    From {atə}N, 'area below', with elision of /ə/.


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