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Inuktitut Root Definition



nakat   ᓇᑲᑦ

Type: transitive verb root

Meaning:
to /chop or /lop or /sever s.t. cleanly (from someone's or some animal's body)
  • with transitive ending:
    • to chop or lop or sever it cleanly (from someone's or some animal's body)
    • ex.: nakattara
  • with intransitive ending, an antipassive suffix*, and an object:
    • to chop or lop or sever s.t. (-mik) cleanly (from someone's or some animal's body)
    • ex.: nakatsijuq
  • with intransitive ending, no antipassive suffix, in the reflexive mode:
    • to chop or lop or sever itself cleanly (from someone's or some animal's body)
    • ex.: nakattuq
  • with intransitive ending, no antipassive suffix, in the passive mode:
    • to be chopped or be lopped or be severred cleanly (from someone's or some animal's body)
    • ex.: nakattuq

*Antipassive suffix

  • when used with intransitive suffixes or verb endings and an object, in order for the verb NOT to be interpreted passively or reflexively, this verb root must be followed by the antipassive suffix si1vv: nakatsijuq

Source(s)
:
Spalding, Alex, "Inuktitut - A Multi-Dialectal Outline Dictionary". Nunavut Arctic College, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, 1998.
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