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Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix appears to be a variant of V{(q)carə}V, possibly with the same meaning. This meaning seems to be:

• 'Agent is persistently Vb'ing Patient', based on the presumed meaning of V{(q)carə}V,
• 'Agent is in the middle of Vb'ing Patient', based on the examples given in Oqaatsit [19].

It is also possible that both affixes have both meanings.

The present affix appears in Oqaatsit, so it is presumably used productively, whereas the variant V{(q)carə}V does not. Conversely, the present affix is not mentioned in Fortescue's Comparative Manual of Affixes [18], but the variant V{(q)care}V is. This may be because they are, in fact, synonymous, and the pronunciation and spelling has simply evolved from -rsaraa to -rsaaraa with a lengthening of the [a] vowel. See also V{(q)carə}V for further details.

Meanings and examples