Details
General
Morphemic form: | N{ttuq}V |
New orthography: | -ttorpoq |
Old orthography: | -gtorpoĸ |
Combinations: | Click here |
Constituents: | N{tu}V, V{'-q}V, |
Variants: | N{tcuq}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:
According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, this 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/.
Note however that in the old orthography, this affix is spelt -gtorpoĸ, suggesting that the underlying consonant instead is a velar, but this may be spurious.
Regardless, the meaning of the affix is something like 'Actor
has gotten more/bigger N', or 'Actor
s N has increased in size/quantity'.
See also N{tcuq}V, which seems to be a variant of the present affix, and 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.
- silattorpoq, his mind/intellect is expanding
[4]
From sila, here in the sense of 'mind'.
- neruttorpoq, it is becoming more spacious; of greater volume
[4]
The base is unclear, but compare nertuvoq, 'it has great volume' or 'it can contain much', with N{tu}V.
- qatanngutittorpoq, he has gotten more siblings
[8]
From qatanngut, 'sibling'.
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [6] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.