Grammatical Groups of Verb Makers

Rule #26

The majority of verb makers belong to Group 1.

Examples

• /u-₁, /it-₁, /ngnguq-₁, /tuu-₁, /ujaaq-₁, /rjuujaaq-₁, /qaq-₁, /irut-₁,+luk-₁, /liaq-₁, +liri-₁, +taaq-₁, /raaq-₁
  => qimmi-qar-tunga (~ qimmi-qar-tara)
  => qarli-taar-tunga (~ qarli-taar-tara)
  => mivvi-liar-tunga (~ mivvi-liar-tara)

Few verb makers belong to Group 4.

Examples

• /ijaq-₂ (~ /ija-i-₁), /liuq-₂ (~ /liu-ri-₁)
  => kuki-ija-i-junga ~ kuki-ijar-tara ~ kuki-ijar-tunga
  => atji-liu-ri-junga ~ atji-liur-tara ~ atji-liur-tunga

Very few verb makers belong to Group 2.

Example

• /vik-
  => atausi-vi-tsunga ~ atausi-vi-tsugu

No verb maker belongs to Groups 3 and 5.

The very common verb maker /gi-₂ (‘to have as’, Group 4) has a peculiar property: no verb extender enables it to take a one-person ending.

=> irni-ri-gakkit

A few verb makers that usually take one-person endings (Group 1) can exceptionally take two-person endings.

Example

• +tuq-₍₁₎
  => aqiggi-vinir-tu-tunga / uummati-tur-tara

Finally, note that there are homophonic verb makers.

Example

• /uq-₁ (1) ≠ /uq-₂ (4)
  => miv-vi-mu-ur-tunga
  => qua-qa-uti-mu-ur-tara