Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{mta} |
| New orthography: | -tta |
| Old orthography: | -vta |
| Sources: | [CR88], [CWSL51], [SB03], [FAJN19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Left sandhi: | Default |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is the ergative possessive 1pl/sg ending. Note, it consists of the ergative marker {m}, and the 1pl person marker {tə}, where /ə/ has taken the sound [a] in this context. Thus, we record it as /a/ in the morphemic form here.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [CR88] Christian Rasmussen (1888): Grønlandsk Sproglære.
- [CWSL51] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1951): Det Vestgrønlandske Sprog.
- [SB03] Stig Bjørnum (2003): Grønlandsk Grammatik.
- [FAJN19] Flemming A.J. Nielsen (2019): Vestgrønlandsk Grammatik.