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General

Morphemic form: N{-kitliuq}V
New orthography: -killiorpoq
Old orthography: -kitdliorpoĸ
Sources: [14, 11, 8]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: N{-kitli}V, V{-uq}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency:
Monovalent,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

Lexicalised combination of N{-kitli}V, and the non-productive morpheme V{-uq}V.


Meanings and examples

  • aakilliorpoq, he has anaemia

    From aak, 'blood', literally 'he has too little blood'.

  • akissaatikilliorpoq, he is underpaid

    Literally 'he has too little salary'.

  • inikilliorpoq, he has too little space

    From ini, 'room' or '(living) space'.

  • nerisakilliorpoq, he doesn't get enough to eat

    From nerisaq, 'something eaten' (i.e., eaten food), literally 'he has too little (eaten) food'.

  • silakilliorpoq, he behaves foolishly

    From sila, here in the sense of 'intellect'.

  • sannatikilliorpoq, he has too few work tools

    From sannat, 'tool'.

  • ikiortikilliornermit, because of too few helpers [11]

    From ikiorti, 'helper' and using the construction V{nəq}N + ablative singular N{mət} to express 'because of'.


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