Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{(q)valaaq}V |
| New orthography: | +palaarpoq, -rpalaarpoq |
| Old orthography: | -palârpoĸ |
| Sources: | [12, 11, 14] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Variants: | V{(q)valaaq}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Default,
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| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Diathesis: | Subjective |
| Valency change: | None |
| Valency: | Avalent,
Monovalent,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix has two related, but different meanings and usages:
- '
Subjectresembles N'. This usage is monovalent. - 'There is a sound of N', or 'N can be heard'. This usage is avalent, so it is only used with 3sg or 4sg endings, with no explicit specification of a subject. Note also the variant used on verbal stems, V{(q)valaaq}V with a somewhat related meaning.
Meanings and examples
This usage is monovalent.
- aappalaarpoq, it is blood-red
[11]
From aak, 'blood'. This is has also become one of the words for the colour red. From this is also derived Aappalaartoq, the name for the Danish flag Dannebrog.
- anguterpalaarpoq, he looks like a (real) man
[14]
From angut, 'man'.
- inersimasorpalaarpoq, he seems like an adult person
[14]
From inersimasoq, 'adult'.
- palaserpalaarpoq, he resembles a priest
[14]
From palasi, 'priest'.
- tuluppalaarpoq, he resembles a native Englishman
[14]
From tuluk, 'Englishman'.
Or 'the sound of N can be heard'. This usage is avalent.
- allerpalaarpoq, long-tailed ducks can be heard
[14]
From alleq, 'long-tailed duck'.
- inuppalaarpoq, people can be heard; it can be heard that there are people
[14]
From inuk, 'human'.
- naajarpalaarpoq, the sound of sea-gulls can be heard
[14]
From naaja, 'sea-gull'.
- qilaaterpalaarpoq, the sound of a drum can be heard
[14]
From qilaat, 'drum'.