Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{gamta} |
| New orthography: | +gatta, -ratta, -kkatta |
| Old orthography: | -gavta, -avta, -kavta |
| Sources: | [CR88], [CWSL51], [SB03], [FAJN19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Left sandhi: | Default |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is the intransitive causative ending for 1pl Subject, formed from the mood marker {ga} and the 1pl person marker {mta}.
Note that this is a dependent mood, and it uses the ergative person markers cf. the ergative possessive 1pl ending N{mta}.
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.