Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-ðakcau}V |
| New orthography: | -tassaavoq, -sassaavoq, -gassaavoq |
| Old orthography: | -tagssauvoĸ |
| Sources: | [8] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Constituents: | V{-ðaq}N, N{kcaq}N, N{-u}V, |
| See also: | V{-ðau}V, V{ðukcau}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
Irregular,
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| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | Vowel stem |
| Diathesis: | Patientive (NAP) |
| Valency: |
Decreasing,
Monovalent,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix is a straightforward combination of passive participle V{-ðaq}N, future nominal N{kcaq}N, and copula N{-u}V, denoting 'Patient is to be Vb'ed', or 'shall be Vb'ed' etc.
This is thus the static passive affix V{-ðau}V, with an interpolated future marker N{kcaq}N, and this construction seems to be preferred to adding the verbal future marker V{ssa}V after V{-ðau}V.
In other words, the construction
seems to be preferred over the other, logically possible, construction
for denoting future stative passive. See also the related affix V{ðukcau}V, which is a similar combination, but with the intransitive participle V{ðuq}N instead of the passive participle.
Given its meaning, the affix only makes sense on divalent stems, since it reduces the valency.
The underlying Agent can be reintroduced in the Ablative case, just as with the other passive constructions.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{-ðaq}N. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
It is only with divalent stems.
- paarisassaavoq, he must be looked after
[8]
From paaraa, 'he looks after him'.
- sungiutassaavoq, one must get used to it; it must be gotten used to
[8]
From sungiuppaa, 'he gets used to it'.