Details
General
| Morphemic form: | +{ðig}V |
| Phonemic orthography: | ðiɣ- |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Stem type: | Velar stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
According to [MFSJLK10], the meaning of this morpheme is/was 'be far in a direction', and hence likely mostly used with directional stems. However, the do also mention examples, where it seems to be used on verbal stems in some of the daughter languages, with a rather different meaning; something like 'Vb well' or 'be well Vb'ed', or 'for a long time'.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).