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General

Morphemic form: {aŋə}V
New orthography: angivoq
Old orthography: angivoĸ
Sources: [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: ə-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency: Monovalent

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'Actor is big'. Note that this stem forms its intransitive participle with V{suuq}N, instead of the usual V{ðuq}N. It is not quite clear why this is the case, but the combination {aŋə}V + V{ðuq}N, i.e. angisoq is instead lexicalised with a rather different meaning: 'a large mammal', either a large marine mammal or a caribou bull.


Right sandhi:

The final /ə/ can optionally be elided by ə-eliding affixes, especially V{nəq}N and V{təgə}V, which can yield forms such as anneq and atsigaaq beside the regular forms angineq, angitigaaq.


Inflection sandhi:

Despite being a ə-stem, this stem actually does not inflect with ə-contracted endings.


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