Details

General

Morphemic form: V{-rrat(ə)}V
New orthography: -rrapput
Old orthography: -rráput
Sources: [MF83], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: V{-raq}V + V{'-t(ə)}V
Left sandhi: Truncative
Right sandhi: t(ə) sandhi
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: t(ə)-stem
Diathesis: Reflexive (BP)
Valency: Patient increasing, Monovalent
HTR-morphemes: V{ði}V

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is 'many Actors Vb together, in a group'. Note that it is only used with intransitive endings, with subjects in plural, since the meaning is reflexive/reciprocal.

It is not found in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], but it appears to be a combination of V{-raq}V, 'many Actors Vb', and V{'-t(ə)}V, the geminating variant of V{-(cc)ut(ə)}V, which here is used in its reflexive/reciprocal sense of 'do together, in a group'. The latter affix has then caused gemination of the initial /r/ in the former, thus giving the present form.


Right sandhi:

Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{'-t(ə)}V. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

Only with intransitive endings, with plural subject.

  • aneerrapput, many are outside [CBBJRPIKJR97]

    From aneerpoq, 'he is outside'.

  • arparrapput, they run to gether, in a group [CBBJRPIKJR97]

    From arpappoq, 'he runs'.

  • sisorarrapput, many are out, skiing [CBBJRPIKJR97]

    From sisorarpoq, 'he is skiing'.


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