Details

General

Morphemic form: V{ccutə}N
New orthography: -ssut
Old orthography: '-ssut
Combinations: Click here
Variants: V{-(cc)utə}N, V{'-tə}N,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: tə-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a variant of V{-(cc)utə}N with the more narrow meaning of 'cause/reason for Vb'ing'. It is generalised from the form following /VV/, i.e. where /cc/ appears, and this variant is then used on all stem types.


Inflection

Declension pattern
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Default/none

Stem before consonant Stem before vowel Notable forms
New orthography -ssuti -ssuta
-ssut
-ssutip
-ssutit
Phonemic orthography ccutə ccutə
ccutə
ccutəp
ccutət


Meanings and examples

Or 'reason for Vb'ing'.

  • kamassut, the cause of (someone's) anger

    From kamappoq, 'he is angry'. Here, 'someone' could be specified with a possessive ending.

  • toqussut, cause of death

    From {tuqu}V, 'to die'.

  • pissut, cause

    The pure meaning of this affix is given by adding it to the 'dummy' stem {pi}V.


References