Details

General

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], the meaning of this stem is 'Agent plugs Patient (with N@INS)', i.e. he puts a plug in it (optionally by using N as the plug). There is a HTR-form, so the stem must be either reflexive or passive, if used intransitively without a HTR-morpheme. However, it is not clear from any of the dictionaries which one of them it is.

Right sandhi:

The true /i/ in the stem may cause assibilation of a following /t/. This can be seen in lexicalised combinations with t-initial affixes, e.g. {simik}V + V{tuq}V + V{IND.3sg/3sg} ⇒ simissorpaa.

Notable forms:

• HTR: {simik}V + V{ði}V ⇒ /simiksi/
  

  All the dictionaries [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97] list the HTR-form. We can see in the old orthography, that the HTR-form actually is with /s/, i.e. simigsivoĸ. It may be, that this is derived with assibilation, i.e.

  • {simik}V + V{ði}V ⇒ /simikði/ ⇒ /simikti/ ⇒ /simiksi/

  which would explain why the form has /s/, rather than the usual /c/.

Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Meanings and examples

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Tags

• Semantic categorisation / Uncategorised

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.