Details
General
| Morphemic form: | +{ci}V |
| Phonemic orthography: | ci- |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Stem type: | Vowel stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
According to [MFSJLK10], the meaning of this morpheme is/was 'acquire', with various related meanings in the daughter languages, e.g. 'get', 'buy', 'find', 'encounter'.
Note: According to [MFSJLK10] The /c/ represents an alveolar plosive 'tj' sound, rather than [ʃ] as in Kalaallisut.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).