Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {pai}V |
| New orthography: | paavoq |
| Old orthography: | paivoĸ |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | Vowel stem |
| Diathesis: | Subjective |
| Valency: | Monovalent |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'Actor is home alone', or, as Kleinschmidt [SK71] expresses it: 'Actor is home and looks after the house (or tent etc.)'.
According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], the historical, reconstructed form of this stem is {paɣi}, where the /ɣ/ appears to have dropped at some point, thus leaving /pai/.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.