Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{ccut(ə)}V |
| New orthography: | -ssuppaa, -ssussivoq |
| Old orthography: | '-ssúpâ, '-ssússivoĸ |
| Sources: | [14, 11] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Variants: | V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V, V{'-t(ə)}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Default,
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| Right sandhi: | t(ə) sandhi,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | t(ə)-stem |
| Diathesis: | Reflexive |
| Valency change: | Increasing |
| Valency: | Divalent,
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| HTR morpheme: | ði,
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| HTR stem: | ccucci, |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is a lexicalised variant of V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V, following vowel- and t-stems, according to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary. However, nowadays it appears to be used productively as an alternative to V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V in combinations where phonotactics otherwise would have required a /j/ to be inserted, i.e. following [aa]. There may also be a relation to the nominalising affix V{ccutə}N in terms of usage. See the entry for V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V for more usage examples and a description of the (regular) right-sandhi of t(ə)-stems.
Right sandhi:
Additive affixes and endings attach to /t/, but truncative affixes and endings attach to /ə/. See the variant V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V for a longer description of the general behaviour of t(ə)-stems.
Meanings and examples
The meanings are the same as for the variant V{-ut(ə)}V, so see this for further examples.
- naammassissuppaa, he completes it for him
From naammassivaa, 'he completes it'. This is a lexicalised word, illustrating how the form V{ccut(ə)}V was used on vowel stems. Today, ordinary V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V would probably be preferred in this context.