Details

General


Morphemic form: V{ccutə}N (Combinations)
New orthography: -ssut
Proto-eskimoic root: -un
Variants: V{-(cc)utə}N, V{'-tə}N
Morpheme type: Nominaliser
Left sandhi: Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative)
Right sandhi: None

Description


Form and usage:

This affix is a variant of V{-(cc)utÉ™}N with the more narrow meaning of 'cause/reason for Vb'ing'. It is generalised from the form following /VV/, i.e. where /cc/ appears, and this variant is then used on all stem types.


Declension information


Stem type: tə-stem
Declension type: p-declined
Declension sandhi: Regular
ABS.sg ERG.sg ERG.pl ALL.sg ABS.3sg/sg Special forms
New orthography -ssut -ssutip -ssutit -ssutimut -ssutaa
Phonemic notation ccutə ccutəp ccutət ccutəmut ccutəa

Meaning(s)


Meaning Notes
cause for Vb'ing Or 'reason for Vb'ing'. Examples