Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {suli}V |
| New orthography: | sulivoq |
| Old orthography: | sulivoĸ |
| Sources: | [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {su}N + N{-li}V |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s) |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | Vowel stem |
| Diathesis: | Subjective |
| Valency: | Divalent, Monovalent |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'Actor works'.
According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], it is an historical combination of the pro-base {su}N, here denoting 'something', and N{-li}V, 'make'.
Thus, the literal meaning is 'make something', which has been generalised to meaning 'work'.
Meanings and examples
- Piitaq ilinniartitsisutut sulisarpoq, Peter works as a (school) teacher
- Piitaq atuarfimmi sulisarpoq, Peter works at the school
References
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).