Details
General
Morphemic form: | N{tusi}V |
New orthography: | +tusivoq |
Old orthography: | -tusivoĸ |
Combinations: | Click here |
Constituents: | N{tu}V, V{si}V, |
See also: | N{ttuq}V, N{tcuq}V, |
Left sandhi: | Default,
ə-eliding,
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Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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Stem type: | Vowel stem |
Diathesis: | Subjective |
Valency change: | None |
Valency: | Monovalent,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix is a straightforward combination of N{tu}V, 'has big/much/many N' and the affix V{si}V 'become Vb'ing'.
It denotes that 'Actor
has gotten more/bigger N', or 'has increasing(ly)' or similar.
It seems to be synonymous with the two affixes N{ttuq}V and N{tcuq}V, both of which also seem to have been formed with N{tu}V and a non-productive, geminating affix V{'-q}V which also denotes 'become'.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, N{tu}V. See this for details.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{si}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{si}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Or 'Actor
s N has increased in size/quantity' or similar.
- initusivoq, it has become more spacious; its volume has increased
[8]
From ini, room.
- inuttusivoq, more people have come
[8]
Or, more literally: 'there have come more people', in an avalent sense.
- meqqortusivoq, it has gotten thicker fur
[8]
From meqqoq, 'fur/feather'.
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [6] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.