Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{galuaq}V (Combinations) |
| New orthography: | +galuarpoq, -raluarpoq, -kkaluarpoq |
| Proto-eskimoic root: | ɣaluaq- |
| Variants: | V{galuaq}N |
| Morpheme type: | Verbal modifier |
| Left sandhi: | Default (additive, epenthetic or phonotactically truncative) |
| Right sandhi: | None |
Description
Form and usage:
This affix expresses something like the English counterfactual clauses, i.e. those expressed with 'would', 'could', 'should', 'might', 'ought to' etc.; a difference between reality and the expected. Thus, there is always an implied 'but/however' in a sentence with this affix, although it need not always be explicitly specified.
As an example, consider the word suligaluarpunga, from suli-, 'to work'. The meaning is something like 'I was working' or 'I had intended to work', but it is implied by V{galuaq}V that something came in the way, or I didn't get much work done, or similar. Thus it expresses a difference between the 'expected' state of affairs (if instead I had said sulivunga 'I worked'), and the actual state of affairs (e.g. that the work isn't finished).
Note: this is an extremely common affix, even though its meaning can be difficult to grasp initially.
Verb stem
| Right sandhi: | Regular |
| Valency: | Valency-preserving |
| Diathesis: | Unaltered (same as the stem) |
Meaning(s)
| Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| was (actually) Vb'ing (but/however ...) | Examples | |
| although Vb | When used with the causative, contemporative, or participial moods, i.e. +galuarmat, +galuarluni, +galuartoq etc. | Examples |
| even if Vb | When used with the conditional mood, and possibly preceded by V{ssa}V if the meaning is future, i.e. (-ssa)galuarpat etc. |