Details
General
| Morphemic form: | +{ður}N, +{tur}N |
| Phonemic orthography: | ðuʀ, tuʀ |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Stem type: | Uvular stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is the intransitive participle morpheme (inflected as a noun). In the Inuit branch of daughter languages, it is also used as the intransitive participial mood marker (with verbal inflection).
According to [MFSJLK10], the alternation (after /V/ resp. /C/) between the /ður/ and /tur/ forms was already present in PE, with /ð/ becoming /g/, /z/, /j/ or /c/ in the daughter languages, in accordance with the typical alternation pattern for /ð/. They also not a possible relation to +{qður}V and +{ðurar}V, but without elaborating further.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).