Details

General

Morphemic form: N{tuuma}V
New orthography: +tuumavoq
Old orthography: -tuumavoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: N{tuq}V, V{-(u)ma}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Vowel stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency change: None
Valency:
Monovalent,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a combination of N{tuq}V, 'Actor consumes/uses N' and V{-(u)ma}V, 'is in a state of Vb'ing', where the /u/ of the latter was injected when the final /q/ of the former was deleted, thus yielding the present form V{tuuma}V. Literally, the affix thus means 'Actor is in a state of consuming/using N'. The combination is mentioned in Fortescue's Manual of Affixes (1983) and in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2010), where they translate it as 'use/consume often; likes to use/consume'. However, it does not have a separate entry in any of the other dictionaries. Hence, it is likely not used productively.


Meanings and examples

  • inuttuumasoq, cannibal
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    From inuk, 'human' and with intransitive participle V{ðuq}N, so literally 'one who often/likes to consume humans'. The example is given both in Kleinschmidt (1871) and Schultz-Lorentzen (1958) under -mavoĸ.


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