Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-ijak}V
New orthography: -iappoq, -giappoq, -riappoq
Old orthography: -iagpoĸ, -giagpoĸ, -riagpoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Variants: N{-ijak}N,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Irregular,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: k-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency change: None
Valency:
Avalent,
Monovalent,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a non-productive affix denoting 'Actor is full of N', or avalently 'it's full of N' or 'there is a lot of N'. It is a verbalising variant of the nominal affix N{-ijak}N. According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, both derive from the same root, {yaɣ-}, where /y/ apparently has become /i/.


Left sandhi:

According to the examples in Ordbogeeraq (1951), this affix appears to have the same irregular left-sandhi behaviour as the nominal variant N{-ijak}N; i.e. it can either be truncative or seemingly join additively onto consonant stems, (optionally) weakening the consonant, so /k/ ⇒ /g/ and /q/ ⇒ /r/. It is not clear what may have caused the affix to behave in one way or the other with any particular word formed with this morpheme.


Meanings and examples

Or avalently 'there is a lot of N'.

  • inuiappoq, it's full of people
    [4]

    Avalent usage.


References