Details

General

Morphemic form: *{mitauva}
New orthography: +mitaava
Old orthography: -mi tauva
Sources: [14]
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Left sandhi:
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Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This enclitic is actually *{mi} followed by the particle {tauva}, which forms a fixed expression of wonder. In examples in the old orthography, the components were written separately, e.g.

However, nowadays it is commonly written together, so we record it here as a separate enclitic.


Meanings and examples

This enclitic is also commonly used with interrogative words like qanoq, and, when used with a verb, the verbal stem will contain the affix V{niq}V which also expresses wonder.

  • sumummitaava misssava?, where shall it land (I wonder)?

    From sumut, '(to) where'. Here the enclitic expresses wonder/pondering about the question.

  • qanormitaava iligaluttuaqaa?, how will that go, I wonder? [11]

    Example with qanoq, 'how'.