Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-ŋa}V
New orthography: -ngavoq
Old orthography: -ngavoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Vowel stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency change: None
Valency:
Monovalent,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is 'Actor resembles N', or 'Actor is N-like'.


Meanings and examples

Or 'Actor is N-like'.

  • Anengavoq, she looks like Ane
    [8]

  • angutingavoq, he looks masculine
    [8]

  • inungavoq, it looks like a human
    [8]

  • kalaalingavoq, he resembles a Greenlander
    [8]

  • naajangavoq, it resembles a sea gull
    [4]

  • marrangavoq, it is clay-like
    [4]

    Presumably in the sense of 'resembles clay' by looks, rather than e.g. texture.


References