Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-kulagtət}V |
| New orthography: | -kulatsippoq |
| Old orthography: | -kulagtípoĸ |
| Sources: | [11] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | V{-kula}V + V{gtət}V |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | tð⇒ts |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | t-stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency: | Agent increasing, Preserving, Preserving |
| HTR-morphemes: | V{ði}V |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix is mentioned by Nielsen [11], but seemingly not elsewhere. It appears to be a combination of V{-kula}V, 'often/habitually', and a non-productive affix V{gtət}V, which seems to mean something like 'has become more Vb'ing' with adjectival stems. However, according to Nielsen, the present combination has a slightly different meaning: '`Subject has begun to Vb often'.
We record the affix as valency-preserving, although it is unclear whether it can be used on patient-preserving stems, and thus with transitive endings. The only example given by Nielsen is with a divalent, but agentive stems, so the ending is intransitive. The same seems to be the case for the second constituent, V{gtət}V, so this behaviour is likely inherited from that affix.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{gtət}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
I.e., the verbal action has begun to be a habit of the Subject.
- illoqarfimmut tikikulatsippoq, he has begun to come to town often
[11]
From tikippoq, 'he arrives' (or 'comes to' something.ALL).