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General

Morphemic form: V{'-vigə}V
New orthography: -vigaa, -viginnippoq
Old orthography: -vigâ
Sources: [14, 11, 8]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{'-vik}N, N{-gə}V,
Variants: V{(v)vigə}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Geminating,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
ə-contraction,
Stem type: ə-stem
Diathesis: Reflexive (BP)
Valency:
Patient increasing,
HTR morpheme: nnək
HTR stem: '-vigənnək,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a variant of V{(v)vigə}V, built from the non-productive, geminating variant V{'-vik}N. This variant is found in some lexicalised stems, but is seldom used productively. For notes on usage and more examples, see the productive variant.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{'-vik}N. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

The meaning is the same as the productive variant V{(v)vigə}V.

  • qutsavigaa, he thanks him [11]

    From {quja}V, 'is thankful/says thanks'. Note that qutsavigaa is a lexicalised word. Here we can see that V{'-vik}N has caused (non-standard) gemination of /j/ to /tc/.

  • inuuigaa, it is his birth place [11]

    Note: [uvi] is written 'ui' as usual.

  • tunngavigaa, it rests on it [11]

    I.e. on a foundation


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