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General

Morphemic form: {iŋsia}V
New orthography: issiavoq
Old orthography: igsiavoĸ
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: Vowel stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is: 'Actor is sitting down (on N@LOC)'. The location, N, may optionally be added in the locative case.

Etymology and form
According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], the reconstructed historical form is {ikcəva-} or {iŋcəva}. However, these authors also believe that this stem is derived from {iŋət}V. Hence, we choose the form with /ŋ/ here.

It is unclear why the final /ət/ has been removed from this stem, or what the source of the proposed final segment /cəva/ is, although they also note another stem, corresponding to igsigpoĸ, 'he squats', of which this is likely an extension (with yet another unexplained segment /va/). The stem-internal /ə/ has taken the sound [i] in this position, but since the /v/ has dropped in Kalaallisut, we cannot record this as /ə/, since /əa/ would yield [aa] by the existing sound rules. A later derivation, issiavik, with the geminating affix V{'-vik}V, shows that there is no consonant between /ia/, since it should otherwise have geminated, yielding e.g. *issiffavik, if there indeed where a /v/ there. Ordbogeeraq [JP67] does list a stem igsivfáput (derived with the geminating affix V{'-t(ə)}V?), where this historical /v/ does seem to reappear through gemination. However, this stem is not recorded in any of the other dictionaries. Thus, it seems that the /v/ generally is considered completely absent, and we therefore do not include it in the morphemic form here. Therefore, the historical /ə/ must necessarily be considered an /i/ in the form we record here.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: Vowel stem
Inflection sandhi: Default/none


Meanings and examples

  • , [CWSL58]

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