Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-riassa}V |
| New orthography: | -riassagit, -riassajuk |
| Old orthography: | -riásagit, -riásajuk |
| Sources: | [16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | V{-riaq}V + V{ssa}V |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Irregular |
| Stem type: | Vowel stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency: | Preserving, Preserving |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is a straightforward combination of V{-riaq}V and V{ssa}V, which has a special meaning in the imperative mood, where it denotes a kind of encouragement or strong suggestion to perform the verbal action. It can be translated as something like 'come on, try and Vb!', similar to the imperative usage of V{-riaq}V.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{ssa}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Strong suggestion, used with the imperative mood.
- kalaallisut oqarfigeriassajuk!, try and say something to him in Greenlandic!
[4]
- takoriásagigse, have a look at this!
[16]
New orthography: takoriassagissi. This looks like the transitive participial ending 2pl/3sg V{gəksi}, rather than the intransitive imperative endings 2pl V{gitci}, so it is unclear whether this is a mistake.