Details
General
Morphemic form: | V{-jasi}V |
New orthography: | -jasivoq |
Old orthography: | -jasivoĸ |
Combinations: | Click here |
Constituents: | V{-ja}V, V{si}V, |
Left sandhi: | Truncative,
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Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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Stem type: | Vowel stem |
Diathesis: | None |
Valency change: | Preserving |
Valency: | None,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is a straightforward combination of V{-ja}V, 'can easily' and the affix V{si}V, 'has become (more) Vb'ing', which is a variant of V{li}V.
The meaning is thus something like 'Subject
now becomes likely to Vb'.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{-ja}V. See this for details.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{si}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{si}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
- nukillaajasivoq, he now easily becomes fatigued/weakened
[4]
From nukillaarpoq, 'he gets weak; fatigued'.
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.