Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-ŋa}V |
| New orthography: | -ngavoq |
| Old orthography: | -ngavoĸ |
| Sources: | [14, 11] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
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| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | Vowel stem |
| Diathesis: | Subjective |
| Valency change: | None |
| Valency: | Monovalent,
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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
[14]
- angutingavoq, he looks masculine
[14]
- inungavoq, it looks like a human
[14]
- kalaalingavoq, he resembles a Greenlander
[14]
- naajangavoq, it resembles a sea gull
[11]
- marrangavoq, it is clay-like
[11]
Presumably in the sense of 'resembles clay' by looks, rather than e.g. texture.