Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{gunaq}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | +gunarpoq, -kkunarpoq, -runarpoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | yuknaʀ-, yunaʀ- |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Left sandhi:
From examples in the old orthography Schultz-Lorentzen (1958), it appears that this affix used to be truncative on old k-stems, e.g. ornigunarpâ, compared to modern-day ornikkunarpaa, from {uqnək}V. Thus, this behaviour may be observed in older texts.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-preserving |
| Diathesis: | Unaltered (same as the stem) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning |
Notes |
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| seemingly Vb |
Or 'apparently' or 'Actor looks/seems to be Vb'ing'. There may also be a sense of 'undoubtedly', 'evidently' etc. |
Examples |