Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-viŋŋit}V |
| New orthography: | -vinngilaq |
| Old orthography: | -víngilaĸ |
| Sources: | [19, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | V{-vik}V + V{ŋŋit}V |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s), tð⇒ts |
| Inflection sandhi: | Irregular |
| Stem type: | t-stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency: | Preserving, Preserving |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is a straightforward combination of V{-vik}V{ŋŋit}V, meaning 'not really'. The meaning is quite obvious from the constituents; however, the ordering of these two affixes is uncommon. Thus, we record it as a separate affix- Note that the reverse combination, V{ŋŋit}V{-vik}V, is also possible, but this combination instead means 'not at all'.
The second constituent of V{-viŋŋit}V is the negation affix V{ŋŋit}V, so the combination therefore inherits the same idiosyncratic sandhi behaviour as this affix; thus, see it for a description. Note that although this affix is valency preserving, and hence can appear with transitive endings, there is no HTR-stem, since any HTR-morpheme would be added before this affix.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{ŋŋit}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{ŋŋit}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
See also the reverse combination, V{ŋŋivik}V, which has a somewhat different meaning, thus illustrating the importance of affix ordering.
- paasivinngilara, I don't really understand it
From paasivara, 'I understand it'. Compare also paasinngivippara, 'I do not understand it at all', with the reverse ordering of the two constituents.