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General

Morphemic form: V{tu}V
New orthography: +tuvoq
Old orthography: -tuvoĸ
Sources: [13, 16, 11]
Combinations: View list
Variants: N{tu}V, V{nəqtu}V, V{'-qtu}V
Left sandhi: Default
Right sandhi: /uq/ participle
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: Vowel stem
Diathesis: None
Valency: Preserving

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a non-productive variant of the productive affix N{tu}V, found in some lexicalised constructions. The meaning is somewhat related: 'Subject is highly inclined to Vb'. Note also the productive combination V{nəqtu}V, which would be used instead of the present affix, and its non-productive variant V{'-qtu}V with the same meaning.


Right sandhi:

With the intransitive participle V{ðuq}N, this affix instead uses a variant form of the morpheme, namely {uq}, thus giving the nominal form -tooq, 'one with a big/many N'.


Meanings and examples

  • mattuvoq, it is tough; hard [13]

    This seems to be from a verbal form of {mamək}N, historically {mamə}, with a loss of the final /ə/.

  • piumatuvoq, he is greedy [11]

    From piumavoq, 'he wants something', cf. also the combination V{yumatu}V.


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