Details
General
| Morphemic form: | +{ŋa}V |
| Phonemic orthography: | ŋa- |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Stem type: | Vowel stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is: 'be in a state of doing something'. The authors of [MFSJLK10] speculate it might be from a morpheme {*nʀa-}, although they do not elaborate. However, this could perhaps be +{na}V, followed by the inchoative {*ʀ-} hypothesised to be part of +{ŋ(ŋ)ur}V.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).