Details

General

Morphemic form: N{tugə}V
New orthography: +tugaa, +tuginnippoq, +sugaa, +suginnippoq
Old orthography: -tugâ, -tugingnigpoĸ, -sugâ, -sugingnigpoĸ
Sources: [16, 19, 11]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: N{tu}V + V{-gə}V
Left sandhi: Default, ə-eliding
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{tu}V (have big) and V{-gə}V (consider). Hence, the meaning is 'Agent considers Patient to have (too) big N'. Note also the antonym N{-kigə}V.


Left sandhi:

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


Meanings and examples

  • nerutugaa, he considers it too wide [16]

    From {nəru}N, 'width' (spatial noun stem). The nominal base is not recorded in any dictionary, but compare nerutuvoq, 'it is spacious, wide'.

  • akisugaa, he considers it too expensive [16]

    From aki, 'price', literally 'to have a small price'. The true /i/ in the stem causes /t/ to assibilate to /s/ by the t-to-s rule.


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