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General

Morphemic form: V{naarə}V
New orthography: +naaraaq
Old orthography: -nâraoĸ
Combinations: Click here
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 change: Decreasing
Valency:
Avalent,

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 ??. Thus, the present affix may presumably behave similar to ??, 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.


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