Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-aqcuk}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | -arsuppoq, -varsuppoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | arẑuk |
| Variants: | N{-aqcuk}N |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Sandhi-truncative |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
This affix is a verbal variant of the nominal affix N{-arcuk}N, with a somewhat related meaning.
According to the examples from DAKA, there seems to be a preference for injecting /v/ following an /a/. However, this does not seem to happen regularly (e.g. sanaarsuppoq is a counter-example), so it seems to be optional rather than required. Thus, we do not record the form as V{-(v)aqcuk}V.
Furthermore, the examples given in Schultz-Lorentzen (1958) indicate a quite different behaviour: Here, the affix instead seems to (almost) always have an initial /j/, thus suggesting the form instead should be V{-jaqcuk}V (but sanârssugpoĸ is also mentioned here, so it is again a counter-example, albeit it could then be viewed as an irregularity). However, this behaviour does not seem to be used at all today. Thus we record the old-orthography forms under examples for historical purposes, but retain the morphemic form as V{-arcuk}V without an epenthetic consonant.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-preserving |
| Diathesis: | Unaltered (same as the stem) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Vb half-heartedly | Or 'weakly', 'insignificantly' etc. | Examples |