Details

General

Morphemic form: V{-ðaqaq}V
New orthography: -taqarpoq, -saqarpoq, -gaqarpoq
Old orthography: -taĸarpoĸ, -saĸarpoĸ, -ssaĸarpoĸ, -gaĸarpoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{-ðaq}N, N{-qaq}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Irregular,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency change: Decreasing
Valency:
Monovalent,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a combination of passive participle V{-ðaq}N and N{-qaq}V. This combination is one of the ways in which something like indefiniteness may be conveyed in Greenlandic. The 'passive noun' created with V{-ðaq}N, which represents the Patient role of the verbal action, can be incorporated with N{-qaq}V to create a completely indefinite construction, corresponding to 'some/any' in English. The indefinite N (or Ns) may optionally be specified in the instrumental case as a modifier For example:

and so on. Note how the meaning changes from 'some' to 'any' with the addition of the negation affix V{ŋŋit}V. Compare this with

where angutit (ABS.pl) is a direct object, and hence has focus, which signals definiteness in Greenlandic.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{-ðaq}N. See this for details.


Right sandhi:

Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{-qaq}V. See this for details.


Inflection sandhi:

Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{-qaq}V. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

Only with divalent stems.

  • qimminik takusaqarpunga, I saw some dogs
  • qimminik takusaqanngilanga, I have not seen any dogs
  • angutinik nalunngisaqarpunga, I know some men
  • ullumi angutinik sianerfigisaqanngilanga, I have not telephoned any men today

    From sianerfigaa, 'he telephones him'.