Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-liuq}V
New orthography: -liorpoq, -siorpoq
Old orthography: -liorpoĸ, -iorpoĸ
Sources: [14, 11]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: N{-li}V, V{-uq}V,
Variants: N{-li}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Replacive,
/VC/ deleting,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency change: None
Valency:
Monovalent,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is the productive variant of N{-li}V, meaning 'Actor makes N'. It seems to have been formed by combination with V{-uq}V, but seemingly with no change in meaning.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, N{-li}V. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

This can be both in the sense of 'build/create', but also 'make/prepare/process' with e.g. foods.

  • kaagiliorpoq, he makes/bakes a cake
  • kaffiliorpoq, he makes coffee
  • illuliorpoq, he builds a house [11]
  • neqiliorpoq, he prepares/cooks seal meat [11]
  • nerisassiorpoq, he makes/prepares food [11]

    The base is nerisassaq, where the final morpheme is the nominal future affix N{kcaq}N. Here we see the affix having deleted the final /aq/, just like N{-li}V may do.

  • imertaasiorpoq, he makes a bucket [11]

    From {əməqtautə}N (imertaat), 'water bucket'. Here we see the affix having caused replacivity of /təl/ ⇒ /s/.

  • Nukissiorfiit, The name of the company providing electricity in Greenland

    From nukissaq, '(future) electric power'. The final morpheme is nominal future affix N{kcaq}N, where the affix causes aq-drop.

  • qaanniorpoq, he makes a kayak [11]

    From {qajaq}N, where the affix causes /aq/ to drop, which triggers compensatory gemination in the stem. Note that this stem displays a very uncommon kind of gemination /qaj-/ ⇒ /qainn-/.