Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{naarə}V |
| New orthography: | +naaraaq |
| Old orthography: | -nâraoĸ |
| Sources: | [13, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | V{naq}V + V{ðarə}V |
| Variants: | V{nallaarə}V |
| See also: | V{ðarə}V, V{llaarə}V |
| Left sandhi: | Default, ə-eliding |
| Right sandhi: | Irregular |
| Inflection sandhi: | Irregular, ə-contraction |
| Stem type: | ə-stem |
| Diathesis: | Subjective |
| Valency: | Preserving, Subject decreasing |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix is an irregularly formed combination of V{naq}V, 'it is such as to Vb' and V{ðarə}V, 'habitual/recurrent action'. The latter affix has suppletion from two other historical morphemes, {ɣai-} and {aʀ-}, and the present combination is apparently formed by combining V{naq}V and {-arə}, which is one of the suppletive forms of V{ðarə}V. None of the dictionaries describe the inflection-sandhi behaviour of this combination, but it is mentioned in Kleinschmidt's dictionary [13] in relation to another combination involving V{ðarə}V, namely V{llaarə}V. Thus, the present affix may presumably behave similar to V{llaarə}V, so see this for details regarding right-sandhi and inflection. Note also the variant V{nallaarə}V with a similar meaning, and similarly formed, but also containing the morpheme V{llaq}V.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{naq}V. See this for details.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{ðarə}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{ðarə}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples