Details
General
Morphemic form: | N{tu}V |
New orthography: | +tuvoq, +suvoq, +tooq, +sooq |
Old orthography: | -tuvoĸ, -suvoĸ, -tôĸ, -sôĸ |
Combinations: | Click here |
See also: | N{-kit}V, |
Left sandhi: | Default,
ə-eliding,
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Right sandhi: | /uq/ participle,
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Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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Stem type: | Vowel stem |
Diathesis: | Subjective |
Valency change: | None |
Valency: | Monovalent,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix means 'Actor
has (a) big N' or 'Actor
has many N', i.e. denoting a large size or quantity of N.
It is the antonym of N{-kit}V, 'has (a) small/few N'.
Left sandhi:
The affix is normally additive, but there are a efw examples where this affix seems to have elided a preceding /ə/ when used on true ə-stems. However, this behaviour is likely not productive nowadays.
Right sandhi:
Instead of using the conventional intransitive participle V{ðuq}N, this affix instead uses the morpheme {uq}, thus giving the nominal form -tooq, 'one with a big/many N'.
Meanings and examples
- qingartuvoq, he has a big nose
[4]
From qingaq, 'nose'.
- isituvoq, he has big eyes
[4]
From isi, 'eye'. Note, here we assume that he has two eyes, but the meaning could also be 'he has a big eye', or even 'he has many eyes', if it concerned e.g. some mythological being.
- akisuvoq, it is expensive
[4]
From aki, 'price', so literally: 'it has a big price'. The /t/ is assibilated to /s/ because of the preceding true /i/ in the stem. From this we also get akisooq, 'expensive', using the participle form of this affix.
- isumatuvoq, he is thoughtful; he is a deep thinker
[4]
From isuma, 'mind; thought'.
- qaqqartuvoq, it has big/many mountains
[4]
I.e., when speaking of a landmass, area, island etc.
- pisuvoq, he has many things
[4]
From the dummy root {pi}N, giving the pure meaning of the affix. The /t/ is assibilated to /s/ because of the preceding true /i/ in the stem. From this we also get pisooq, 'rich', using the participle form of this affix, and piumatooq, 'greedy', with V{yuma}V, 'want to', literally 'someone who wants to have much'.
- mattuvoq, it is tough/hard
[4]
Old orthography: mavtuvoĸ. From {mamə}N, 'blubber on the inside of a seal skin'. Here the affix seems to have elided /ə/ and attached directly to /m/.
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.