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General

Morphemic form: V{ŋŋitcuugakcau}V
New orthography: -nngitsuugassaanngilaq
Old orthography: '-ngitsuugagssáungilaĸ'
Sources: [18, 11]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: V{ŋŋitcuuq}V + V{-ðaq}N + N{kcaq}N + N{-u}V
Left sandhi: Default
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: Vowel stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency: Monovalent, Subject decreasing

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This combination is mentioned in Fortescue [18] and Nielsen [11], but not elsewhere. According to Nielsen, it is only used in negated form, so either followed by V{ŋŋit}V or the negative contemporative mood.

It contains the passive participle V{-ðaq}N, so it can only be used on divalent stems, where it will remove the Agent role and promote the Patient role to Actor, so the meaning becomes passive. The meaning is then: 'Actor=Patient cannot anything but be Vb'ed'.


Meanings and examples

Only with divalent stems, and followed by a negation.

  • nuannarinngitsuugassaanngilaq, one cannot do anything but enjoy it; it cannot anything but be enjoyed [11]

    From nuannaraa, 'he enjoys it'.

  • atuanngitsuugassaanngilaq, one must not avoid reading it; it must not be avoided to be read [11]

    From atuarpaa, 'he reads it'.

  • naalanngitsuugassaanngilaq, one cannot do anything but obey him; he must be obeyed [11]

    From naalappaa, 'he obeys him'.


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