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General

Morphemic form: V{'-vigə}V
New orthography: -vigaa, -viginnippoq
Old orthography: -vigâ, -vigingnigpoĸ
Sources: [19, 16, 11]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: V{'-vik}N + N{-gə}V
Variants: V{(v)vigə}V
Left sandhi: Truncative, Geminating
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: ə-contraction
Stem type: ə-stem
Diathesis: Reflexive (BP)
Valency: Divalent, Patient increasing
HTR-morphemes: V{nnək}V

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a variant of V{(v)vigə}V, built from the non-productive, geminating variant V{'-vik}N. This variant is found in some lexicalised stems, but is seldom used productively. For notes on usage and more examples, see the productive variant.


Left sandhi:

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


Meanings and examples

The meaning is the same as the productive variant V{(v)vigə}V.

  • qutsavigaa, he thanks him [16]

    From {quja}V, 'is thankful/says thanks'. Note that qutsavigaa is a lexicalised word. Here we can see that V{'-vik}N has caused (non-standard) gemination of /j/ to /tc/.

  • inuuigaa, it is his birth place [16]

    Note: [uvi] is written 'ui' as usual.

  • tunngavigaa, it rests on it [16]

    I.e. on a foundation


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