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General

Morphemic form: V{'-təgə}V
New orthography: -tigaa, -tiginnippoq
Old orthography: '-tigâ, '-tigingnigpoĸ
Sources: [8]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{'-tə}N, N{-gə}V,
Variants: V{ccutəgə}V, V{-utəgə}V, V{-(cc)utəgə}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Geminating,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
ə-contraction,
Stem type: ə-stem
Diathesis: Reflexive (BP)
Valency:
Patient increasing,
HTR morpheme: nnək
HTR stem: '-təgənnək,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a non-productive variant of the combination V{-(cc)utəgə}V, using the non-productive variant V{'-tə}N, that occurs in a few, lexicalised constructions. See the productive variant for a general description of its usage.


Left sandhi:

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


Meanings and examples

  • nappatigaa, he leans on it [8]

    From napavoq, 'he stands', so literally: 'he stands because of it'. Note that the affix has caused gemination of /p/ to /pp/ in the stem.

  • toqqutigaa, he died because of it; it (obj) was the cause of his (subj) death [8]

    From toquvoq, 'he died'. Note that the affix has caused gemination of /q/ to /qq/ in the stem.


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