Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {əkə}V |
| New orthography: | ikivaa, ikivoq, ikisivoq, issivoq |
| Old orthography: | ikivâ, ikivoĸ, ikissivoĸ, igssivoĸ |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | ə-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], the meaning of this stem is 'Agent puts Patient (into N@ALL)', where N is some kind of container, e.g. a bag, a box, etc.
When used intransitively, without a HTR-morpheme, it can either get a passive or a reflexive meaning:
- Passive: '
Patient=Actorhas been put in (toN@ALL)'. - Reflexive: '
Agent=Patient=Actorgets in (toN@ALL)', i.e. 'Agentputs himself=Patientin (toN@ALL)'. This is used in the special sense of 'get in (toN@ALL)', or 'get onboard', whereNis some kind of vehicle or vessel, e.g. a car, a bus, a boat, a helicopter etc.
The reflexive meaning seems to be the most common today, and it is the only one that is listed in Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97], although there are other lexicalised words derived from this stem, where the meaning is the meaning is the more general 'put in'.
Notable forms:
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HTR:
{əkə}V + V{ði}V ⇒ /əkəci/
This is the regularly formed HTR-stem.
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HTR:
{əkə}V + V{ði}V ⇒ /əkci/
This is an alternative HTR form, mentioned in [SK71], [JP67], where the final /ə/ has been elided. This formation is not standard.
Inflection
Inflection pattern:
| Stem type: | ə-stem |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
Meanings and examples
Where N is some kind of container.
- allamik ilaaffissaqanngimmat uagut ikivarput, because he (otherwise) could not go with anyone, we took him in(to our boat/car/etc.)
[SK71]
Where N is some kind of container.
Where N is a vehicle/vessel. This is a reflexive meaning, 'Agent puts himself=Patient in to N'. This is the normal usage today.
- ilaajumaguit ikiniarit, get in, if you want to come along!
[SK71]
- mannalu puumut ikissagit, (and) put it in the bag
[SK71]
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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.