Details
General
Morphemic form: | V{niariutə}N |
New orthography: | +niariutaa |
Old orthography: | -niariutâ |
Combinations: | Click here |
Constituents: | V{niaq}V, V{-riaq}V, V{-(cc)utə}N, |
See also: | V{-(cc)utəgə}V, V{niariaq}V, V{niutə}N, V{-riutə}N, |
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: | tə-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix is a combination of V{niaq}V, V{-riaq}V and V{-(cc)utə}N, where V{-(cc)utə}N causes /aq/ to drop from the preceding stem.
Even though it yields a nominal stem, the meaning is still verbal, 'just after Possessor
Vb'ed'.
V{-(cc)utə}N is here used in a temporal sense (see its entry), and the combination is only used with possessive endings, where Possessor
indicates the Subject
of the underlying verbal stem.
See also V{-(cc)utəgə}V, V{niariaq}V, V{niutə}N and V{-riutə}N for a different construction with the same meaning. Compare also V{llautə}N, V{(t)siisə}N and V{(t)siisəgə}V for a related construction with V{-(cc)utə}N denoting time.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{niaq}V. See this for details.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-(cc)utə}N. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-(cc)utə}N. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Where Possessor
indicates the Subject
of the underlying verbal stem.
- appinniariutaa, just as he had begun singing (then ...)
[8]
- iliniariutaa, just after he had put it down (then ...)
[8]
- tusarniariutaa, right after he had heard ( something, then ...)
[8]
References
- [2] Michael Fortescue (1983): A comparative manual of affixes for the Inuit dialects of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.