Details
General
Morphemic form: | V{niassaqə}V |
New orthography: | +niassaqaluni, +niassaqalugu |
Old orthography: | -niásaĸalune, -niásaĸalugo |
Combinations: | Click here |
Constituents: | V{niaq}V, V{ssa}V, V{-qə}V, |
Left sandhi: | Default,
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Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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Inflection sandhi: | ə-contraction,
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Stem type: | ə-stem |
Diathesis: | None |
Valency change: | Preserving |
Valency: | None,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is a straightforward combination of V{niaq}V, V{ssa}V and V{-qə}V, which has a special meaning in the contemporative mood: 'though Subject
should have Vb'ed'.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{niaq}V. See this for details.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-qə}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-qə}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
References
- [2] Michael Fortescue (1983): A comparative manual of affixes for the Inuit dialects of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.