Details

General


Morphemic form: N{-qaq}V
New orthography: -qarpoq
Old orthography: -ĸarpoĸ
Combinations: Click here
See also: N{-gə}V, N{-lək}N,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency change: None
Valency:
Avalent,
Monovalent,

Description and behaviour


Form and usage:

This affix is monovalent, but it may also be used in a completely avalent sense, with a 3sg ending and no explicit specification of subject.


Meanings and examples


This meaning is monovalent.

  • illoqarpunga, I have (a) house

    From illu, 'house'. Note that the incorporated noun has no number, so it can also mean 'I have (several) houses'. The distinction between singular and plural can only be made, if a modifier is added to the incorporated noun (in the instrumental case).

  • qaqortumik illoqarpunga, I have a (single) white house

    Here qaqortumik functions as a modifier to the incorporated noun illu. Because the ending is singular, N{mək}, it signifies that the incorporated noun also should be understood as singular; hence I only have a single house. Had it instead been qaqortunik illoqarpunga, the plural ending N{nək} on the modifier would signify that I have several white houses.

This meaning is avalent and can only be used with a 3sg (or 4sg) ending, without any explicit specification of the Subject.

  • qaqqani aputeqarpoq, there is snow on the mountains

    This could equivalently be expressed as qaqqat aputeqarput, in a monovalent sense, where qaqqat 'the mountains' instead act as an explicit subject specification.

  • anguterpassuaqarpoq, there is a lot of men

    From {aŋutə}N and N{(q)vakcuaq}N.