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General

Morphemic form: V{ŋŋitcuuqtət}V
New orthography: -nngitsoortippaa
Old orthography: '-ngitsôrtípâ
Sources: [14, 8]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{ŋŋitcuuq}V, V{tət}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
tð⇒ts,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: Patientive (NAP)
Valency:
Agent increasing,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is 'Agent prevents Patient from Vb'ing'. It is a straightforward combination of V{ŋŋitcuuq}V, 'unexpectedly did not Vb' and V{tət}V, here in the meaning of 'Agent causes Patient to Vb'. Thus, the affix is valency increasing, in the same way as V{tət}V; see further under that entry for details on how teh Agent and Patient roles are mapped from the underlying stem.


Right sandhi:

Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{tət}V. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

  • ajunaanngitsoortippaa, he prevents him from having an accident [14]

    From ajunaarpoq, 'he suffers an accident'.

  • toqunngitsoortippaa, he saves him from dying [14]

    From toquvoq, 'he dies'.

  • tikiutinngitsoortippaa, he prevents him from having arrived [14]

    I.e., he is the reason why he (someone else) has not arrived. From tikiuppoq, 'he has arrived'. Note: this is a t(ə)-stem.


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