Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-pajuk}N |
| New orthography: | -pajuk |
| Old orthography: | -pajuk |
| Sources: | [17, 19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Variants: | V{-pajuk}V |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type(s): | Regular k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this affix is 'bad/poor N'. However, in some cases it can also can be used (ironically?) in the opposite sense; for example illipajuk!, 'lucky you!', used as an exclamation when something fortunate has happened to someone. Note also the verbal variant V{-pajuk}V with a somewhat different meaning.
Inflection
Declension pattern:
| Stem type: | Regular k-stem |
| Declension type: | p-declined |
| Declension sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem before consonant | Stem before vowel | Notable forms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New orthography | -pajuk | -paju | -pajuk, -pajuup, -pajuit, |
| Phonemic orthography | -pajuk | -paju | -pajuk, -pajuup, -pajuit, |
Meanings and examples
- angutipajuk, a pathetic, poor man
[19]
From angut, 'man'.
- arnapajuk, a poor woman
[19]
From arnaq, 'woman'.
- kaffipajuk, bad coffee
[19]
From kaffi, 'coffee' (a loan word).
- nuapajuk, a bad cold
[19]
From nuak, 'cold' (illness).