Details
General
Morphemic form: | N{tcuq}V |
New orthography: | -tsorpoq |
Old orthography: | -tsorpoĸ |
Combinations: | Click here |
Constituents: | N{tu}V, V{'-q}V, |
Variants: | N{ttuq}V, |
See also: | N{tusi}V, |
Left sandhi: | Default,
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Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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Stem type: | q-stem |
Diathesis: | Subjective |
Valency change: | None |
Valency: | Monovalent,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The origin of this affix is unexplained in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, but its meaning is apparently synonymous with the meaning of N{ttuq}V, i.e. 'Actor
has gotten more/bigger N'.
That affix is formed through a combination of N{tu}V, 'has big/many' and the geminating affix V{'-q}V, 'becomes Vb'ing', which has caused the initial /t/ to double to /tt/.
I assume the present affix is simply a variant form of the other, with the geminate /t/ here having become /tc/, i.e. 'ts', rather than /tt/.
See also N{tusi}V with a similar meaning.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{'-q}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{'-q}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Or 'Actor
s N has increased in size/quantity' or similar.
- akitsorpoq, it is getting more expensive
[4]
From aki, 'price', so literally 'it is getting a bigger price'. From this we also get akitsorneq, 'price increase', with abstract participle V{nəq}N.
- sivitsorpoq, it becomes lengthy
[4]
The base does not seem to exist as an independent stem, but compare e.g. sivisooq, 'lengthy'.
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [6] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.